Watching the commons debate today and the level of deceit and self-deception is off the charts. [View all]
We are witnessing live the lies and self-interested manoeuvres of politicians whose more than obvious tactics are all about party and as such they are unfit to serve. It seems that the national interest, international obligations, our standing in the world and our wellbeing are be sacrificed at the altar of hard left and hard right power games and electoral calculations. It seems to me that both parties dream of recasting our moderate nation in their radical image, and Brexit gives them that opportunity. And by God they are running with it, with much gusto.
For the rest of us, as they play their power games, we stand in front of a future that in which we will have diminished standing and rights because a section of the electorate gave power to isolationist wannabee autocrats because of spite, anger and tantrums focused in completely the wrong direction.
As I watch the bear pit this morning it is clear that whatever happens today, we will not be seeing closure to this crisis anytime soon. And quite frankly anything the ERG agrees is a good deal means that it is really shite. This Brexit obsession will continue to suck oxygen from UK politics in foreseeable future.
You can check out anytime you want but you can never leave…
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