Feeling sorry for the Tories
It doesn’t happen very often but I do feel for the government. You have to admit that it can’t be fun trying to win back voters, when your own back benchers are your worst enemy.
The cabinet does seem to be more sensible over Brexit, which is not saying a lot. But every time its does something realistic its own back benchers attack it. The latest accusation is that it has been taken over by The Blob, yet again.
The Blob is the previously unknown grouping of treasonous civil servants, academics, experts, business and media types (like me I suppose); who have managed to stop Brexit from being a success or even actually happening. How the ultras square this with claiming that Brexit is a triumph is very unclear.
The evidence for the Blob is non existent, presumably it is so powerful that it can hide in plain sight, none of its meetings are every discovered, the email trail is never found and the way that it manages to thwart the Brexit ultras at every step is not clear.
But it must exist because Brexit is a failure and since it is a brilliant idea the failure must be down to a conspiracy. It is the only sensible explanation.
Now the Blob has stopped the government tearing up thousands of EU laws which would have set the UK free.
The obvious reason for this, that industry hated the idea and it was technically impossible and damaging, is not to be considered. This is the Blob in action.
This is what British politics has been reduced to. Swivel-eyed loons and closet racists foaming at the mouth about impossible conspiracies. While the government tip toes on egg shells trying not to upset them too much, with its common sense.
Actually on reflection I do not feel sorry for them, they created this mess, they own it.
Economics, trade and Brexit, not necessarily in that order but the dog always comes first.