So what will Boris’s negotiating priorities be in the trade deal Liam Fox (kids etc.) said could be negotiated by tea time. Fishing? 0.1% of GDP. Farming? 0.63%. Hospitality? 4% Financial services? 7%.
So if head rules over heart, all those Brexit-voting fishermen will be very disappointed. But if head ruled heart, we wouldn’t be doing this in the first place. Bankers beware.
I quoted Overheard Bloke in the Gym Changing Room not long after the referendum: ‘We should say ‘You’ve had your last cheque, Merkel’, close the borders, job done!’ If we’d followed his sage advice rather than fannying around for four years, we’d have been through the...
There used to be a certain type of chap (always a chap) who managed to have a pretty enjoyable and louche time at school and bluff his way through exams. He’d get into Oxbridge, his father’s old college, a few strings pulled, have a pretty enjoyable and louche time,...
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