The Goat is out and running

22 days after sending the Article 50 notification, the PM called a General Election. For this to happen, the fixed term Parliament Bill dictated that there needed to be a vote, and Labour, like all stupid turkeys, voted for Christmas. So as well as Brexit, the collapse of the NHS, galloping inflation, we now have an election, with even more lies and untruths being spoken by all sides.

In the meantime, the EU has completed its preparation for the Brexit Talks, and has pretty much controlled the process since the vote last June. If not before. The EU 27 are united, the four pillars of the Single Market are not up for discussion, and the deal that Britain gets will be worse than what they have now.

And the Government is now looking at sectoral exemptions for areas like farming, healthcare and the service industry, as the reality that they can't cope without low skill EU and non-EU workers. The pharmaceutical industry, that is currently run from London, will move to mainland Europe, and the British Government really thought that they could argue that EU institutions could stay in London whilst not being in the EU. The EU said no, and that's that. Each pharmaceutical job lost as a result of Brexit costs the British economy £109,000.

And the PM is refusing to take part in televised debates, stating she would rather go out and meet the electorate in person, which is why I am sure she visited a factory yesterday after the workers had finished and left for the day. Best not have anyone ask any tricky questions. The current manta is that a vote for Labour is a vote of the coalition of chaos, and a vote for her is for strong leadership.

And yet all the time, there will be almost nothing to discuss with the EU, as their position is clear and united. It really comes down to what they will grant Britain, not what Britain can negotiate. May has already played her two of clubs trump card in deciding when to trigger Article 50. But the EU have been ready for months, most British Brexiteers, and Jeremy Corbyn, still don't know what a non-tariff barrier is.

I could be wrong. Don't think I am. Brexit might go gloriously well, and Britain will be better off. But that really isn't going to happen. Not at all.