Friday 21 December 2018

Am I meant to give up?






8 weeks ago my wife was diagnosed wheat, milk and yeast intolerant. 

In 8 weeks we have radically changed our diet, have replaced most of our food choices which are not compliant and are looking forward to Xmas.

Compare that with the disaster that is parliament..

They spent months planning to trigger article 50 and arrived with a  blank A4 pad..

They agreed to an EU timetable which relies on agreeing EU priorities.. hence, the bill, the withdrawal agreement and then the future relationship.

As a result we agree the bill, the relationship could not be discussed until we left which required an extension as agreed.

So, we capitulated over the money, we negotiated permission to withdraw and left the future relationship so vague it meant nothing..

At the same time the government was taken to court and forced to offer parliament a "meaningful" vote by a well funded member of the public who still claims she did not want to stop us leaving..

So now we are in a position where the government has made a hash of the negotiation, parliament are playing politics and refusing to agree what we all admit is a rubbish agreement, and the claim is that having made a hash of things the people need to decide again (be under no illusion, this is political speak for you made a decision we dislike, so please decide again)

I agree with the no deal contingent, but they played their hand too late.  What we voted for was to leave, no one suggested a deal.  This would have been a managed withdrawal, both parties agreeing a staged withdrawal to ensure continuity.

Instead we have got a mess, with parliament in disarray. The conservative party are guilty of politicising it, and labour are guilty of failing as an opposition and allowing this stand of in the hope of winning the next election.

Either way, the country is not being represented by the people they voted for as their representatives.

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