tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post6232108147451983530..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: They can't even recognise a petard when they see oneJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-90928637711367424372020-06-23T21:24:57.602+01:002020-06-23T21:24:57.602+01:00I think you are right, those who voted for Brexit ...I think you are right, those who voted for Brexit are in a “it will be all right on the night” mode, the same kind of affliction that the Remainers had before the pole result.<br />The Great Unwashed came out to vote or I now read they are to be termed as the “simple minded” which I assume colours your view of the fact they believe the EU 27 will roll over. This is problem is not new as a warning was made as far back as 1909-<br />“So, one may almost say that the theory of universal suffrage assumes that the Average Citizen is an active, instructed, intelligent ruler of his country. The facts contradict this assumption.”<br />—James Bryce (1909, 35)<br />I stated after the vote that the deal will be dependant on world trade at the time of closure, well the world economy has been trashed , the car has gone over the cliff, bounced twice and fallen down a mineshaft and supply chains have been fractured ,so with or without a deal ,both scenarios will not pass the “ Strawberries in January test”<br />Spirit of BMEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-72342523469683775662020-06-21T15:14:29.699+01:002020-06-21T15:14:29.699+01:00Brexit is no big deal because we are world beating...Brexit is no big deal because we are world beating,world class and infallible! Or something like that. <br /><br />That's the kind of tone that also applied to our Covid debacle. Instead of admitting a great measure of uncertainty, that many factors remained unknown or unquantified, Boris and his ministers relied on a diet totally made up of spin and wishful thinking. Making it up as they go along and justifying changes as being "guided by the science". What science remains to be seen. <br /><br />Now Brexit has not relied on any form of science, per se, although it was implied all along that there was a data rational, empirical validity to the decision. Relying on an outright emotional justification was not acceptable to a bunch of politicians who have monetised everything they ever touched, so there has to be a business case. Now that case looks a bit thin but it's a bit late to switch back to the bare naked jingoistic nonsense that really sustains these Little Englanders when you peel away the false skins and make-up. dafishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216920242825385976noreply@blogger.com