by Rolluplostinspace » Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:31 pm
The resignations of Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, and Brexit Secretary, David Davis, along with other government ministers, show that there is no real consensus on what Brexit means.
There is a jagged oozing fissure right through the Conservative government and party, just as there is across the country, because Brexit is as enigmatic as ever.
And if the politicians, and the country, can’t agree on what Brexit means today, then how could voters have known what Brexit meant in the referendum of over two years ago?
So, here’s the simple truth: Nobody gave ‘informed consent’ for Brexit. They could not have done, because in the 2016 referendum, nobody was sufficiently informed about Brexit.
On the contrary, the country was entirely misinformed.
There was no blueprint, plan, proposal or manifesto for Brexit. Just a lot of fairy-tale claims and promises that have all turned out to be false.
If the details of Brexit had been agreed, we’d have voted on those details on 23 June 2016. But we didn’t have any details.
Over two years later, Theresa May can pretend there is harmony in her Cabinet on th.......................................
http://jondanzig.blogspot.com/2018/07/i ... rexit.html
The resignations of Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, and Brexit Secretary, David Davis, along with other government ministers, show that there is no real consensus on what Brexit means.
There is a jagged oozing fissure right through the Conservative government and party, just as there is across the country, because Brexit is as enigmatic as ever.
And if the politicians, and the country, can’t agree on what Brexit means today, then how could voters have known what Brexit meant in the referendum of over two years ago?
So, here’s the simple truth: Nobody gave ‘informed consent’ for Brexit. They could not have done, because in the 2016 referendum, nobody was sufficiently informed about Brexit.
On the contrary, the country was entirely misinformed.
There was no blueprint, plan, proposal or manifesto for Brexit. Just a lot of fairy-tale claims and promises that have all turned out to be false.
If the details of Brexit had been agreed, we’d have voted on those details on 23 June 2016. But we didn’t have any details.
Over two years later, Theresa May can pretend there is harmony in her Cabinet on th....................................... http://jondanzig.blogspot.com/2018/07/its-time-to-bury-brexit.html