Three short planks
My father used to describe some idiots as being “as thick as three short planks”. I never got round to asking him why short planks might be thicker than long ones, I always assumed they just looked thicker, in proportion.
Which brings us to the UK government which has apparently been trying to by-pass the European Commission and deal directly with member states.
Leading many Brexiteers to announce this is a great idea and we should negotiate trade deals with France, Germany and the rest individually. Some of them apparently think that the European Commission telling the UK to stop being so stupid and negotiate with them instead is a sign of how thick the EC is.
Since one of the reasons they put forward for Brexit was that the European Commission was in charge of trade policy, this shows a remarkable level of naivety, ignorance and stupidity.
But just spare a thought for the poor civil servants and diplomats who have to actually carry out these policies. They know it is madness, they know it is stupid and that it will get no where while annoying the EU, they know their colleagues in Europe and beyond are feeling sorry for them and pity the ridiculous performances that they have to go through to please their political masters.
Then they report home to Westminster that they can achieve nothing, and they get accused of being woke, remainiac, traitors- the Blob.
The politicians driving these daft policies forward are not just stupid but ignorant, wilfully lacking in self-awareness, arrogant and deliberately blind to the damage they are doing. They are also so lacking in decency and honesty they are willing to whip up hatred and scorn against civil servants who tell them the truth.
The bigger problem for the country, is that the rest of the world thinks we are all as thick as three short planks, when it is just the Cabinet.
Economics, trade and Brexit, not necessarily in that order but the dog always comes first.
By Jonty Bloom Media