The Sin Bin • Re: Brexit watch (part 2)
There’s a good little video on the economics of Brexit by an Australian guy on YouTube. The Economics Explained channel. It’s pretty balanced and stripped of a lot of the emotive stuff and ritual points scoring that limits sensible discussion amongst Brits of the two Brexit tribes.
One point I disagree with earlier posters on is whether changing Prime Minister would help. I think it would for two reasons.
1. Stoking tensions and keeping Brexit ‘live’ is Johnson’s go to tactic to keep Brexiteers onside. It is his thing. A new Prime Minister would likely want a new thing, and to just tie off the loose ends rather than continually pulling at them.
2. It is a secret so open that is no longer a secret that Johnson, Cummings and Frost negotiated and agreed the withdrawal agreement in bad faith. They’d boxed themselves in and if Brexit is important to you, I can see a means justifying the ends type of argument. But it does mean that what credibility they had with negotiating partners is shot. Somebody else could offer a cleaner slate, facilitating ironing out the difficulties - and, as mentioned above, they would probably want to at least.
One point I disagree with earlier posters on is whether changing Prime Minister would help. I think it would for two reasons.
1. Stoking tensions and keeping Brexit ‘live’ is Johnson’s go to tactic to keep Brexiteers onside. It is his thing. A new Prime Minister would likely want a new thing, and to just tie off the loose ends rather than continually pulling at them.
2. It is a secret so open that is no longer a secret that Johnson, Cummings and Frost negotiated and agreed the withdrawal agreement in bad faith. They’d boxed themselves in and if Brexit is important to you, I can see a means justifying the ends type of argument. But it does mean that what credibility they had with negotiating partners is shot. Somebody else could offer a cleaner slate, facilitating ironing out the difficulties - and, as mentioned above, they would probably want to at least.
Statistics: Posted by Mild Rover — Fri Nov 12, 2021 9:58 pm