Sunday 26 May 2019

No-deal Brexit is back on the table!!

So at least two of the Tory leadership candidates who want to enter 10 Downing Street as prime minister when Theresa May leaves are quite prepared to exit the EU with no deal and take whatever the economic consequences will be. Boris Johnson we knew about. He never minded the idea of leaving the EU without any sort of deal. In fact he positively espoused it. Now Dominic Raab who, amazingly, for a relatively short period before he resigned, was the Brexit Secretary, in charge of negotiating a deal with the EU, also wants the no-deal back on the table. Perhaps he was all the time hankering after a no-deal end to the Brexit. If so, why did he accept the cabinet appointment in the first place? So two of the eight (so far) candidates for Number 10 should immediately be crossed off the list of potential prime ministers in my view. In their case, I don't think it's a cunning negotiating plan to force the EU to give us more concessions because they are so scared of a no-deal UK crashing out of the EU. Theresa May had the no-deal card as well but everyone knew she didn't want it because in the 2016 referendum she voted to remain in the EU. The very sad thing is that none of the eight would-be Tory leaders has dared to come out and say: "You know, I think we should stay in the EU, never mind what the majority voted for in 2016. Vote for me and vote for a stable and peaceful and flourishing future." No one has the courage to say that, and if they did, none of the Tory MPs would have the courage to support him or her for the leadership. Instead, we have Michael Gove, Environment Secretary an the latest declared leadership candidate, promising to "deliver" Brexit to the nation. Now when did we hear that before? We heard it a million times from Theresa May, and her Brexit deal was approved by Michael Gove as part of her cabinet. So what magic trick has he got up his sleeve? There isn't a magic trick. The EU has already said that whoever replaces Theresa won't be able to negotiate anythng new. The Brexit deal is the Brexit deal full stop. Poor Theresa has had an absolute hammering in the press, described as possibly the worst prime minster in British history and a total failure without anything to show for her legacy. Wow, I hope she hasn't been reading the papers. If she has, I'm sure there will have been more tears. Why does anyone actually want to be her successor because they will fail too. Jeremy Corbyn must be lapping this up. All he has to do is promise to hold a second referendum, to give the Remainers another chance, pledge once again to scrap university tuition fees and he'll be prime minister when the new Tory leader out of desperation announces a general election. Labour will win by a huge majority and the Tories will be finished for years and years.

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