Ian Duncan Smith's Centre for Social Justice has published what they say is a plan for Brexit although it is titled the Brexit Essay Collection (HERE). Contributors included IDS himself and Peter Lilley but the best one is by John Redwood. Twitter users are scathing about the whole thing describing it as laughable and blind stupidity (HERE).
It is indeed laughably stupid. Mr Redwood's action plan for Bexit is (literally) this:
1. Offer talks on trade and tariffs if they wish to change anything, saying we are happy to offer them no change to current arrangements.
2. In other words, we stay in the Single Market as now, without freedom of movement and the contributions.
3. The advantage we have on trading is that we are happy with the status quo, so they are the ones with a problem if they wish to change it.
4. This reverses the presumption of many commentators that the UK needs to negotiate with the rest of the EU and is the supplicant.
In other words, unilaterally withdraw from freedom of movement, refuse to pay contributions then say we are now happy with the (new) status quo and if YOU refuse it will all be your fault. This from a grown man! It is all reminiscent of the old union barons that he used to criticise.
And they all claim to know why people voted leave, all different reasons but no one apparently voted leave to get an extra £350 million a week for the NHS - their main campaign bus slogan!
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