Brexit carries on

This morning it was reported that one TRILLION pounds in assets has been withdrawn from the City of London to the EU zone. That is such a big number, I have no idea how many zeros there is behind that 1. Apprently its ten to the twelfth power, or maybe higher if you use the US definition. Or something.

But the proviso is that that figure is likely to be an under-estimate.

That is Brexit in action.

James Dyson says that Brexit has gifted Britain a "freedom of spirit" it did not have before. Other manufacturers point out, rightly, that its a bit rich of him to say this having outsourced his manufacturing base to the far east so not having to deal with the Brexit reality.

The Brexit blame game goes on, and again worth pointing out that no one is claiming the credit for Brexit now, but the justification is that its not as bad as some of "project fear" but ignoring that all of their promises of sunlit uplands and better deal than membership are nothing but ashes.

As for trying to blame romainers either in or out of Parliament for the hardest of Brexit and the NIP, David Allan Green did this five stage tweet to conter that false claim:

The Five Ways In Which Prime Minister Boris Johnson Personally Owns The Withdrawal Agreement And Northern Irish Protocol

One - policy

Johnson changed the policy of his predecessor Theresa May

Her 'backstop' approach was different - as new PM he changed this to the Irish Sea border

His decision.

Two - negotiation

Having changed the policy, Johnson then negotiated the consequential changes to the withdrawal agreement and Northern Irish protocol

His policy, his negotiation.

Three - signature

Having negotiated the changes to the withdrawal agreement and Northern Irish protocol, he literally signed the legally binding agreement and protocol

Even posed for a photograph

His policy, his negotiation, his signature.

Four - mandate

He also campaigned in a general election and obtained a mandate for this 'oven-ready' agreement

His policy, his negotiation, his signature, his mandate.

Five - legislation

With a mandate, Johnson pushed the withdrawal agreement and Northern Ireland protocol through parliament - with hardly any scrutiny

His policy, his negotiation, his signature, his mandate - and his legislation.

Rarely has there been so personal a connection of a PM to a treaty and its implementing legislation

From policy conception to implementation, and every step in between, this was Johnson

And now, we are told he is 'beginning to realise' what he did in these *five* distinct steps.

The policy and law of the withdrawal agreement and Northern Ireland protocol is Johnson's creature

He owns it and should be known to own it

Nobody else would or could have made it happen in this way

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