Happy transparent bullshit day

The Brits are in the midst of the most epic self-immolation in modern history. David Cameron only held the Brexit referendum because he assumed it would lose. Almost no-one who campaigned for it did so in good faith. As soon as it passed everybody knew it would be impossible and disastrous, but Theresa May and her cabinet kept pretending there was a solution and kicking the can down the road.For those of you who either haven ' t been paying attention or never really grocked it, Brexit was a bad idea in any event because the British economy is completely inter-dependent with Europe. In due course trade arrangements could probably have been worked out, although at a substantial long-term cost to the British economy. However, there is an intractable problem. The Republic of Ireland is part of the EU and fully intends to remain so, thank you very much. Northern Ireland is part of the UK and ditto. There is a land border between them which is now an open border, as required by the Good Friday agreement that ended the Troubles and as required by what is now a fully integrated economy and society. But if that border remains open, there is no border between the EU and Britain.So Theresa May negotiated a Brexit deal which consists of Britain remaining within the European customs union, and obeying its regulations, but not having a vote. Instead of gaining sovereignty, as Brexiteers insisted they were doing, their losing it. So it will never pass Parliament. So there won ' t be a deal....
Source: Stayin' Alive - Category: American Health Source Type: blogs