Opposites Attract

So, with the chaos of the Government and May's Cabinet on Brexit and the art of withdrawal, where for art though, HM's Official Opposition? AKA, the Labour Party?

And I would say, good question. As they are every bit as clueless as the Government. Well, that's not quite the truth, as Comrade Corby rules over his party like a Soviet Chairman, and despite his decades of not towing the party line, he sacks anyone who disagrees with he decisions, especially on Brexit. The time to challenge the Government was prior to the sending of the A50 letter, but Labour was triple whipped, and many leading lights and brains on the subject were sacked from the shadow cabinet, so Labour now have a very clever backbench, but apart from Keir Starmer, clueless on the front bench.

Some like to give Corbyn the benefit of the doubt, and say he just biding his time to change tack as public opinion turns against Brexit and then sweeps into power. When the truth is that he sees the EU as a barrier to some kind of socialist wonderland where the people own everything, and the people, through him, run the country.

Of course, thing about political dogma is that no matter how well intentioned it might be, it fails to take into account reality, and although stuff like taking the railways back into public ownership sounds great, the reality is that some twenty years have passed since BR was wound up and privatised, now though nominally we have a privatised railway, in fact it is micro-managed by the Department of Transport to a point it never was in BR days.

It is sobering to think that if Corbyn had been Prime Minister in June 2016, as he demanded the day after the referendum that the A50 notification be sent immediately. Had that have happened, Britain would be less than 9 months away from exiting the EU. And he is supposed to be a viable alternative??

So, when the truth is the party did so well in the most recent election, they did so because they were not Conservative, and people hoped they would do something about Brexit, but today the conference was told that the Brexit parrot is dead, there is no going back, which will disappoint many people.

In order to explain to folks who are not going through this, what does Brexit mean in simple terms/ Well, imagine you buy a house, its not perfect, but you see the potential of the site, so decide to have it knocked down and a replacement one built. So, you consult architects, come up with a design, get planning permission from the local council, clear the site, dig foundations and get skilled builders in to complete the new build. And in a year or so, the house is ready for you to move in. On the other side of the street, the Brexit family also buy a house decide its not to their liking, decide to knock it down, then find the local council won't give them permission to build a new one and you are in contempt of court for knocking the old one down. Realising you have nowhere to sleep that night, you demand the council provide you with a house as someone has knocked your one down.

This is Brexit and the Brexiteers attitude: lying to get people vote to leave, then having got what they wanted, have no idea what to do, demand that the EU come up with imaginative solutions for the problem they created. Of course, they were warned about knocking their house down, but knew better than their expert lawyers and builders. If we knock the house down, they HAVE to let us build a new one, the council needs their council tax.

The EU has accepted Britain is leaving the EU, and now wants Britain to get on with it. It will hurt the EU for sure, but knows it will hurt Britain more.

It looks increasingly likely that the EU won't allow an transition to the A50 process, not until it know what the transition it transiting towards. So, until Britain makes up its mind, we are in a Brexit wonderland.