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Originally Posted by Chris
I can’t answer for Davis or Fox. All I can say is, a lot of people have taken leave of their senses this week, and a lot of them have very obviously set in motion strategies that were planned before the deal was announced, and before they even read it properly. The SNP, Corbyn, his handlers at Momentum (whose anti-deal URL was registered days ago) and, yes, some Tory arch-Brexiteers were never going to welcome the deal.
For me, I think this piece by Katya Adler at the BBC is useful. This is not the future relationship. This is the transitional arrangement. It is temporary. I think it’s unlikely the 27 would have given more at this stage and I don’t think they will give any more if Parliament rejects this.
I have been opposed to our membership of the EU since around 1992. It has been a very long road to get this far and I can be patient if it takes a further decade to get the U.K. closer to where I think we should be. The pain and difficulty we have already experienced has proven to me that I was right all along - we have been entangled in the EU project so deeply that our sovereignty was seriously compromised. Putting that right was always going to take a great deal of time and effort. |
I think that Conservative Leave MPs fall into two categories. Those who want the magical unicorn and have resigned from Government to try and achieve it. And those like Michael Gove who have more patience and appreciate that it's a journey and not an instant light-switch situation.