Ben Habib:
30 Nov 2021: Attacks Boris Johnson's Brexit deal.
8 Dec 2021: Says Boris Johnson's deal is much much better than remaining in the EU.
30 Dec 2021: Attacks Boris Johnson's deal.
17 Mar 2022: Going to court to prove Boris Johnson's deal's worse than remaining in the EU
30 Nov 2021: Attacks Boris Johnson's Brexit deal.
8 Dec 2021: Says Boris Johnson's deal is much much better than remaining in the EU.
30 Dec 2021: Attacks Boris Johnson's deal.
17 Mar 2022: Going to court to prove Boris Johnson's deal's worse than remaining in the EU
To be fair to Ben, a deep perusal of his past tweets suggests that he is broadly right about the lousiness of Boris Johnson's deal, and he accurately identifies its flaws.
But his fundamental starting point that "no-deal" is the most desirable of all outcomes is bonkers.
But his fundamental starting point that "no-deal" is the most desirable of all outcomes is bonkers.
He also exhibits a lot of the classic hard-Brexiter tropes, for example "The EU needs us a hell of a lot more than we need them".
Events have shown this to be the arrant nonsense those who understood the real power dynamics at play always said it was.
Events have shown this to be the arrant nonsense those who understood the real power dynamics at play always said it was.
And he doesn't seem to understand that importers pay tariffs (another very common Brexiter misconception).
He painted the opportunity to slap tariffs on imports from the EU as a cash cow. Whereas in reality UK consumers would pay more as a result.
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He painted the opportunity to slap tariffs on imports from the EU as a cash cow. Whereas in reality UK consumers would pay more as a result.
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