2026-11-08
Our negotiations for "realignment" with the EU are going famously.
So far everything appears to be on track - we will pay the EU a whole lot more, we will have the pleasure of being able to comply with a load more of their rules and regulations, we will allow them to take even more of our fish and will submit to their guidance on monetary policy, defence union and support for war in Ukraine, and international relations in general, and no doubt to the rulings of the ECJ being the "competent authority" on legal matters EU.
(NB: for normal mortals, "competent" in EU-speak means "superior to others" - it doesn't mean that they are good at their job, because that's taken as given and unarguable)
"A draft of the joint declaration from this summit has already been leaked to the press. It commits the UK to a string of payments, almost none of them costed"
Even the leaking, to convince us that everything is inevitable and resistance is futile, is on track.
"Behind the reassuring language of “co-operation” lies a programme of dynamic alignment that would make Britain obey EU rules, pay EU bills, and surrender control over vital sectors of the economy"
Not to mention contributing to the ultimate bill of reckoning when the ECB is finally forced into bankruptcy, or merely when some favoured too-big-to-fail institution would fail without a bail-in.
And what exactly does weasel word "dynamic" mean in this context?
No mention that the EU green new deal has eviscerated the once mighty German economy, the populations of several large EU member countries are for mysterious reasons voting inexcusably for dreadful populist parties, and the more sensible ones are closing their borders to any more undocumented would-be migrant entrants, despite the EU.
At least our Parliament doesn't (yet) have to decamp up the M1 M6 once a month to meet in Manchester (although I wouldn't rule that out given Andy's preferences for a Nbr 10 of the North).
I can't wait to rejoin "dynamically align"!
