The Brexit TRUMPet

I have been off Twitter for some three days, and still not looked in too closely, simply because so much is happening right now to try and summarise what happened yesterday, let alone three days ago, seems pointless as the news would be old hat.

But, in brief, the Government published its white paper on the relationship it says it wants with the EU. Its still a bit cakey, and has managed to annoy both wings of the Conservative Party.

Thing with a fudge is that while trying to please both sides ends up annoying both sides, as both the Europhiles and Brexiteers want *just* what they want and nothing else, so compromise is alien, especially to the Brexiteers, and indeed a ERG spokesman said they would vote against the bill.

But then JRM said as it had some good stuff in it, he would vote for it.

ERG then said that it wasn’t about differing opinions in the ERG, just old fashioned incompetence.

Labour will vote against it.

Business is against it as it only deals with goods, not services, which make up 80% of the UK economy.

The EU and Ireland have yet to comment, but the paper relies still on technology, computer systems, infrastructure and resources that just don’t exist. And the EU would have to agree to let a 3rd country (UK) to collect their taxes that is due. Imagine the UK’s response if the EU had suggested such a thing?

Trump is in the UK and today the Sun published an “interview”, which attacked the PM for lack of leadership, not delivering Brexit and saying the white paper kills any chance of a US trade deal. He said the last part as if this were a bad thing. For a visiting head of state to publicly attack a sitting Prime Minister, suggest Boris would make a fine PM and that how popular Trump is with people, well, everyone can see how safe a trade deal would be with the orange skinned, small handed shitgibbon.

There is a trade white paper that needs to be passed in the HoC on Monday, with the Labour Party against it, if the ERG fails to back it, a major part of domestic Brexit legislation fails.

Each week the stakes get higher, and the screaming louder.