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, cram to get through his finals then off to the City. That seems to have been the model for Brexit negotiations. Problem is, equal opportunities and all that, it doesn’t work these days. As many a chap in our government may find out. A tad too late, and to our cost rather than theirs. That bit hasn’t changed.
“A ‘no-deal’ Brexit will be devastating”
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...
