The right-wing pro-Brexit faction of the Conservative party which controls the UK Government seems to be taking a lot of leaves out of the playbook of Movement Conservatives in the US. Britain’s unelected Brexit Minister Lord Frost loomed from newspaper pages reporting his speech threatening the EU over the deal he negotiated, as I read Heather Cox Richardson’s ‘How the South won the Civil war’ on a train today. Much of Frost’s and his colleagues’ rhetoric seems unreasonable, designed to inflame rather than reduce tension. It seems in Richardsons’ telling, that is a well-worn tactic of the US right.
A very good read Jackie. Of the many issues caused by Brexit the most chilling for me is the situation in the North of Ireland. How quickly it is forgotten the real danger of playing fast and loose there ... and that is exactly what they are doing ... it’s a dangerous ploy whichever way you twist and turn it. I think they simply do not care if I’m honest as perhaps they are the unification of Ireland as a case of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’.
I got some feedback from the friend quoted in the article - she meant that people in London don't reprise the arguments of the Brexit referendum but they do express dismay about its effects. She said "London voted against Brexit and is tired of relitigating it. So Londoners do not discuss 'Brexit right or wrong'. They take its wrongness for granted. However talking about how to deal with the damaging EFFECTS of Brexit is exactly what people DO talk about now ie labour shortages in abattoirs, care homes, supply chains. So you've set up a false contradiction between my point and your point to imply that the confident Londoner you mention is complacent about effects. "
A very good read Jackie. Of the many issues caused by Brexit the most chilling for me is the situation in the North of Ireland. How quickly it is forgotten the real danger of playing fast and loose there ... and that is exactly what they are doing ... it’s a dangerous ploy whichever way you twist and turn it. I think they simply do not care if I’m honest as perhaps they are the unification of Ireland as a case of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’.
I got some feedback from the friend quoted in the article - she meant that people in London don't reprise the arguments of the Brexit referendum but they do express dismay about its effects. She said "London voted against Brexit and is tired of relitigating it. So Londoners do not discuss 'Brexit right or wrong'. They take its wrongness for granted. However talking about how to deal with the damaging EFFECTS of Brexit is exactly what people DO talk about now ie labour shortages in abattoirs, care homes, supply chains. So you've set up a false contradiction between my point and your point to imply that the confident Londoner you mention is complacent about effects. "
Brilliant, if not chilling, article Jackie