Re: Why Hasn't Theresa May Quit - Asks Littlejohn
I have to agree with most of what Littlejohn says, however, the problems we have negotiating our departure from the EU would have been equally difficult regardless who was in charge.
There are not enough MP's who are pro leave to make leaving easy and it 'takes 2 to play a game' and the EU has no interest in playing.
My prefered option would have been to have a set of leave proposals formulated
before the referendum and this could have been done by a group of pro levers.
The proposals would have been put on the table when article 50 was triggered and subject to a limited period of discussion/negotiation say 6 months after which we would just leave if an agreement hadn't been reached. This option couldn't have been any more damaging to our economy than all this uncertainty and would have contained an element of surprise and concentrated the minds in the EU as to what was really important. There would have been no time or room for idle speculation and obfuscation.
By now we would have been 18 months into a new beginning out of the EU and be working our way through any difficulties that a change of circumstances almost inevitably brings.
The problem is we have no politician with the strength of mind and determination to attempt such a thing and there would have been much weeping and wailing by pro remainders.
Now we are at a disadvantage, negotiations are taking far too long giving the opportunity for the EU to say no to everything and leaving us with very few options.