DD the dunce in the corner

After over 18 months being the Minister responsible for Brexit, you would have thought DD would have learned a few things by now. But no. Almost as soon as an agreement had been finalised between the EU and UK, did DD start to say it didn’t mean what it said (the agreement) said.

It wasn’t legally binding, nothing was fixed. And so on.

As previously mentioned, you would think that DD thought that there was no internet in Europe, nor the ability to see or read his comments.

He had to backtrack this morning after comments by the Irish PM, and then again after speaking to Guy Verhofstadt agreed that it was more than legally binding.

Sadly for DD, this wasn’t enough, and now the EU want the UK to put the agreements into UK as soon as possible, to ensure there is no welching. You see, trade negotiations is all about trusting people on the other side; your word is your bond, and DD has shown time and time again is word aint worth shit.

Agreement by the EU that sufficient progress is not a given, and have suggested to day that talks about trade might not begin until March. On top of that, if there is to be a transition deal, it would be at the same terms as currently the UK has, in abiding by the four freedoms, the UCJ but not having any say in how any rules are made, nor any official representation.

If your word is not really your bond, then who is going to talk trade with Britain and ever take us seriously again? Trust can take a lifetime to build up, but a moment to destroy.

Meanwhile Liam Fox stated that trade deals could be signed milliseconds after Brexit; forgetting that actually talking about trade cannot begin until Brexit has actually happened. Almost like the International Trade Minister didn’t know anything about his brief, and learned nothing over the last 19 months.

And now when the government makes a promise not to use Henry VIII clauses, turns out that Parliament doesn’t believe them either.

Who knew?

And now the FT is reporting that the EU won’t talk about trade, at all, until March 2019, so angry are they at DD. Careless talks cost money, Dave.

Finally, the Rand Corporation, a US think-tank, published a report saying there is NO scenario where the UK would be better off in any of the various flavours of Brexit.

Who knew?