tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post3456514591329397956..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: May Fires Brexit BlankTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-4447444897518683082016-10-02T13:35:31.230+01:002016-10-02T13:35:31.230+01:00Really, really relished Bernard Jenkin MP given sc...Really, really relished Bernard Jenkin MP given scope for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/01/brexit-clean-quick-break-article-50-bernard-jenkin" rel="nofollow">"Commentary" in today's <i>Observer</i></a>. That's "given" in the same sense as "enough rope to hand himself".<br /><br />For those absent from this ato-erotic asphyxiation, there's this:<br />"We need to be aware that Article 50, as intended, could tie us up in knots. Nobody can guarantee that there will be an acceptable agreement at the end of the process anyway. So we must be prepared to leave without any formal agreement if necessary, or the commission has us over a barrel. Leaving without a formal withdrawal agreement would be messy, but a messy Brexit is what many have suggested that the commission and much of the EU would like. Still, a speedy and decisive resolution would be far more acceptable to business than years and years of uncertainty and then a 'fudge' ..."<br /><br />Here am I pondering how that (and no freedom of movement) would work on the presently-open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic.<br /><br />Let we forget, back in 1987, Jenkin stood in Glasgow Central to "illustrate that people in the South-East haven't forgotten about Scotland". That went well: a swing against him of 6%, and just 51.5% behind the elected Bob McTaggart. Clearly, "people in the South-East" (especially Harwich and North Essex) have forgotten Churchill's "dreary steeples" of Fermanagh and Tyrone. <i>Absit omen</i>.Malcolm Redfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907427518823910875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-14364418849788993812016-10-02T13:30:02.583+01:002016-10-02T13:30:02.583+01:00It's all a bit like playing chess blindfolded ...It's all a bit like playing chess blindfolded not realising that all the pieces have been removed from the board.<br /><br />robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-54715047952010960972016-10-02T13:14:45.610+01:002016-10-02T13:14:45.610+01:00Mr Corbyn gives every impression of not caring for...Mr Corbyn gives every impression of not caring for the EU and being quite happy that we are leaving. Even if the Labour Party muster an effective Cabinet again there is no reason to expect a hard challenge on Brexit matters, as I think he would be quite happy with a full withdrawal.Facing both wayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02880155212478036126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-38718203285316772362016-10-02T11:46:02.764+01:002016-10-02T11:46:02.764+01:00As a 'Jezza fan' I'd agree. Create a S...As a 'Jezza fan' I'd agree. Create a Shadow Cabinet Brexit Sec role and get Chuka in to serve the party rather than his own ego. He can leave the immigration stuff behind, mind. Paul Ewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00057355765883155749noreply@blogger.com