The PM's approach to the current crisis is exactly the same as Frost's approach to the NI Protocol. All their lives these people have climbed the ladder through bullying rather than merit. This is so often how the British establishment works. 1/4
People keep their heads down and let the bullies rise. They then have to cow-tow to them to move further up the ladder themselves. Very few speak out and when someone does, the others do not support them - they keep their heads down. 2/4
And so it goes on, up and up the ladder. The result is that you get the worst at the top and the weak and cowardly below them holding them up. Those who speak up - often the best - leave or are booted out for daring to question. 3/4
The PM and Frost think they can use this technique in inter-governmental negotiations. It won't work. It can't work. No one has anything to gain from pandering to Johnson or Frost. On the contrary, many have much to gain from facing them down. 4/4
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