You know what, I think if I was a staunch Brexiteer, then I would probably be voting in favour of May's deal today.
Yes, it's a terrible deal. Yes, it only extricates Britain from half of the thousands of connections it has with Europe, is incredibly nebulous on many other issues, and if and when the trade deal negotiations fail, it locks Britain into a ridiculous fallback position.
But it's a start, and begins to extricate Britain from the EU. And once that process gets going, there will be opportunities at a later date to modify the arrangement to turn it into something like the 'true' Brexit that they want. Certainly will be easier to do that than reverse it and rejoin the EU. Being pragmatic in politics, you can often get to the solution you want incrementally.
But nope, principles have to get in the way of pragmatism. And the arch-Brexiteers are going to turn it down in the hope of No Deal Brexit.....despite the fact that MPs have already indicated that there is a strong majority in parliament trying to avoid that scenario......when it is much more likely that rejecting May's deal is going to lead to an extension of EU membership and/or a second referendum.
Frankly, I like the most likely route to a No Deal Brexit is the EU just getting tired of us, and pulling up the drawbridge!
Yes, it's a terrible deal. Yes, it only extricates Britain from half of the thousands of connections it has with Europe, is incredibly nebulous on many other issues, and if and when the trade deal negotiations fail, it locks Britain into a ridiculous fallback position.
But it's a start, and begins to extricate Britain from the EU. And once that process gets going, there will be opportunities at a later date to modify the arrangement to turn it into something like the 'true' Brexit that they want. Certainly will be easier to do that than reverse it and rejoin the EU. Being pragmatic in politics, you can often get to the solution you want incrementally.
But nope, principles have to get in the way of pragmatism. And the arch-Brexiteers are going to turn it down in the hope of No Deal Brexit.....despite the fact that MPs have already indicated that there is a strong majority in parliament trying to avoid that scenario......when it is much more likely that rejecting May's deal is going to lead to an extension of EU membership and/or a second referendum.
Frankly, I like the most likely route to a No Deal Brexit is the EU just getting tired of us, and pulling up the drawbridge!