The problem is not that May has failed to deliver on the Leave campaign’s promises –
the problem is that no prime minister could have done so. In 2016, the
Brexiteers vowed to end free movement, retain the economics benefits of
EU membership, withdraw the UK from the customs union and avoid a hard
Irish border – aims that were inherently irreconcilable.Theresa May has played a bad hand badly – she squandered her parliamentary majority in an unnecessary election and carelessly alienated EU leaders – but a bad hand it always was.
not May’s fault, May screwed up
“retain the economics benefits of
EU membership
“
in part was the idea that EU membership was economically harmful… so…
Johnson and other Brexiteers now lament that May’s proposed deal is worse even than EU membership – but the delusion was to believe that it could ever be superior. A soft Brexit would sacrifice political sovereignty – with the UK becoming a rule-taker, rather than a rule-maker – while a hard Brexit would sacrifice economic prosperity.
“hard Brexit would sacrifice economic prosperity.
“ in a zero sum world where nothing ever changes
The Brexiteers only have themselves to blame for the UK’s disastrous fate
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