Rinse and repeat

Brexit is some kind of Kafkaesque nightmare, where we are doomed to see the same mistakes repeated over and over again, and no matter how many times we say this, the Brexiteers ignore us.

The main issue today is the repeated insistence from Johnson and his merry band of incompetent ministers that the extension period would not be extended beyond 31 December 2020 under no circumstances, oh no sirree. So, imposing on the themselves and the country an added layer of pressure and an additional adversary in the shape of the calendar. And gives the EU another huge leverage tool.

May did this with the A50 notification, and now Johnson is doing it all over again.

As you will see from the previous post, this is doomed to fail, or trash the economy. Or both.

Or haw about starting a negotiation without knowing the end position you want to close with? Just like the first phase with DD and his vacant stare over the table at Mr Barnier.

With the second phase where the future trading position will be agreed. Maybe. Entering this where the Brexiteers want a distant relationship, but reality and the very basics of trade say the opposite is needed, is a recipe for more chaos and a major climbdown.

By which point the UK will be out of the UK, and trapped in limbo, out and not yet in the EU, doomed to follow their rules lest they won't be able to trade.

As ever, best be on the train pissing out than stand on the platform trying to piss into the train as it steams past.

The madness will continue, until a grown up takes charge. But I see none in Johnson's cabinet, and on the other side there is Corbyn.