Stephen Glover, long time columnist on The Daily Mail, has written a piece (HERE) in this morning's paper and has apparently just realised, "that 'Brexit is Brexit' is actually a pretty meaningless statement. It would make about as much sense to say 'Blue is Blue'. But what sort of blue? Cambridge or Oxford? Cobalt or sapphire? There is a world of difference; an almost infinite number of variations".
Of course, he was among the cheerleaders urging the public to vote for something he now sees as "meaningless". But he is now suggesting that because Phillip Hammond told MPs it might take six years to get a new trade agreement there will be a "stitch-up" in achieving whatever it is that Brexit means. If it's meaningless this seems to me almost impossible. If there are an infinite number of variations surely we can settle on one?
He thinks, "Brexit might mean trading with our former EU partners with minimal tariffs, while regaining complete control of our own borders and not paying a penny into EU coffers. I suspect this is what most people who voted Leave want and expect. It might also mean a Norway style arrangement where we accept freedom of movement, pay into the budget and accept most of the rules. This is the problem. We know what the people voted against we just don't know what they vote for.
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