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It feels like the country is roughly divided into 3 equal bits: * Leave EU quickly, at any cost * Don’t really mind either way, as long as economy is stable
by blowski 8y ago
It feels like the country is roughly divided into 3 equal bits:
* Leave EU quickly, at any cost
* Don’t really mind either way, as long as economy is stable
* Stay in EU
The one in the middle doesn’t trust either of the others. So nobody can get a majority, whether we have another referendum or a general election. So this shitstorm will just go on and on.
- crooked-v 8y agoOf course, the only way to get the "economy is stable" result in the short term is to stay in the EU, or to make a deal that's effectively "stay in the EU, but also lose all political power in the EU".
- growlist 8y agoOr, the EU starts thinking pragmatically and offers a proper deal.
- crooked-v 8y agoThe shitty deal is pragmatic for the EU, as it makes it obvious to all the countries involved that they can't get the benefits of the EU without being part of (and paying money into the governance of) the EU.
- growlist 8y agoClearly it wasn't that smart as it raises the chance of no deal, which would hurt the EU more than the UK. Barnier was certainly looking a bit frazzled today! Theresa May's mistake was to think she could negotiate with the EU in a civilised manner, when the only thing it understands is brutality.
- bsder 8y agoSo, basically, you have three groups: 1) Angry idiots 2) Idiots 3) Realists I feel sorry for you. It looks like you have the same problems as US politics.
- DerDangDerDang 8y agoHey, don't forget us angry idiot realists!