It seems the lasting ism of the Prime minister will be cakeism, the idea that politicians can promise you the same cake after you have already eaten it.
Hardly a Churchillian scale legacy.
It is all a bit of a joke to a certain kind of commentator but not to me. Taking people for fools should be a sacking offence because if you can get away with it once you will use it again and again, to your own detriment.
For example, the British criticism of the EU’s foreign policy over Ukraine. A mess to be sure with Germany ahead by a country mile in the ignoble, selfish stakes.
But, as always, the ones criticising the most are the ones who never wanted an EU foreign policy in the first place, have always tried to undermine and patronise it and failed to realise that coordinating a continent wide response might actually add to the power of your efforts. Look at how much more time the US is spending on getting the EU on board than it is talking to the UK.
This theme ran throughout the Brexit argument. Why is Brussels telling us what standards our products should meet and in the same breath, why can’t they make Greece accept our cheese or tooth brushes or whatever?
The UK has always wanted its cake: don't tell us what to do and to eat it, make others follow the rules.
As in the EU so in foreign policy it won’t work, but with the added problem that in foreign policy people get hurt when you mess it up.
Economics, trade and Brexit, not necessarily in that order but the dog always comes first.
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