Re: Boris has Blown it!
Originally Posted by
shropshiregirl
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Hi Bread, we will see. I hope you are correct as I have all but given up on him, as I am sure most of the Red Wall voters who expected him to grow a set and stick to his word that tomorrow was the deadline! But no, once again, he has kicked his deadline into the long grass. Getting mightily sick to death of it. I would personally prefer him to keep his big mouth shut and stop giving deadlines that the nation waitS to be implemented, only to yet again make us all angry when it looks that once again he is doing a Theresa May and making the UK look weak.
Perhaps he does have a plan, HE BETTER HAD!
If there is a chance of a deal, Boris has to keep negotiations going - he can't do much else no matter what he (or anyone else) says. The EU are the same - they said they wouldn't change the withdrawal agreement etc but they did just that remember - and they agreed to 3 extensions as well.
The constant wind-up is all part of the negotiations, if Boris walks away everyone will blame him for a no deal Brexit, so it looks like (to me anyway) he has switched it to put the decision back on the EU when there is the leader summit 15th October. If they come back and say no deal, then he is off the hook and can do what's best for the UK by tearing up the WA and walking away.
But for the 27, here is the kicker ....
If the EU 27 say a deal can be made (based on what's on the table now) then it would also be ratified in principle, right there and then - it's very clever. There's no going away and ratifying later, it's all or nothing unless they change their mind - which they could never do once they have all agreed as a union.
... oh the pressure !