Article 13.8 of the NI Protocol and how it relates to the Brexit scam As much as I loathe Brexit and all it has brought to this country, I have to admit that the Brexiters are pretty clever, at least the ones orchestrating everything. One of the weak spots amongst Remainer thinking is this idea that all Brexiters are stupid and were only following their desire to take Britain out of the largest single market in the world out of profound ignorance. Yes, they are taking some stupid people along for the ride, as happens all the time in politics, from all sides - but they know what they are doing here, believe me.
I think it will all come down to the economy and the cost of living in the end. Not really directly a result of Brexit, but with people struggling in their daily life to earn enough money, food bank use going up, and a government that clearly doesn't have a clue how to deal with any of this, I think by the time the next election rolls around people will want to hear about how the government solves all those problems. If it is still going on about article x of treaty y about Brexit and the EU, I would guess that most ordinary people might say "Didn't you sort all that out in 2019, when you said "Get Brexit Done" and "Oven Ready Deal"? Maybe then will be the point where people will say whatever article you talk about, Brexit was supposed to make things better and it hasn't worked, and why are you STILL going on about it.
Or maybe the Brexit true believer will still be believing that Gatt 24, or Article 50, or WTO terms, or clause 20 will sort it all out, even though they already heard it 20 times before. Sure, they are still coming up with the old tunes of the "German Car Industry need us more than we need them". But you've got to hope that there will only be a small number of Brexit True Believers left by then...
Yep. Brexit was an exercise in people thinking everything would change (we'd be better off, fantastic trade deals with markets much further away, removal of Freedom of movement for those pesky EU foreign types) whilst at the same time nothing would change (full and free access to the Single Market despite having left it, freedom of movement for British 'ex pats'). British exceptionalism at its best...or worst!
I think it will all come down to the economy and the cost of living in the end. Not really directly a result of Brexit, but with people struggling in their daily life to earn enough money, food bank use going up, and a government that clearly doesn't have a clue how to deal with any of this, I think by the time the next election rolls around people will want to hear about how the government solves all those problems. If it is still going on about article x of treaty y about Brexit and the EU, I would guess that most ordinary people might say "Didn't you sort all that out in 2019, when you said "Get Brexit Done" and "Oven Ready Deal"? Maybe then will be the point where people will say whatever article you talk about, Brexit was supposed to make things better and it hasn't worked, and why are you STILL going on about it.
Or maybe the Brexit true believer will still be believing that Gatt 24, or Article 50, or WTO terms, or clause 20 will sort it all out, even though they already heard it 20 times before. Sure, they are still coming up with the old tunes of the "German Car Industry need us more than we need them". But you've got to hope that there will only be a small number of Brexit True Believers left by then...
Yep. Brexit was an exercise in people thinking everything would change (we'd be better off, fantastic trade deals with markets much further away, removal of Freedom of movement for those pesky EU foreign types) whilst at the same time nothing would change (full and free access to the Single Market despite having left it, freedom of movement for British 'ex pats'). British exceptionalism at its best...or worst!