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The classic Kafka quote, “Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy” seems apt. The big dreams being replaced by a haggle over fish.
 
Brexit like communism is destined to be something that would have been a glorious success if only it was done right.
 
Of course it's not about the fish, it never really was.

The fishing stuff was used as a bone for the media and brexit supporters.

negotiations tend to end with either side giving way to push the deal across the line, it will be interesting to see what compromises have been made here.
 
It is the conflation of trade negotiations with political control that makes dealing with the eu so confrontational.

Most people do not much care about who catches our fish, they object to being told by a foreign power who catches our fish.
 
Stand by for Brexit nutjobs like Farage whinging about it whatever happened.
 
Pretending he cares so much given he only bothered to turn up 1/41 meetings of the Eu fisheries committee he was paid to attend .
 
The 'deal' has been agreed for some time, the nonsense going on now is about timing and 'spin'.

As expected it looks like the uk has caved on fishing, international trade policy and we remain subject to the ECJ (though perhaps under a different name). We shall also have financial 'responsibilities' to the EU which means we shall continue paying in huge sums for the foreseeable future.

The status of a vassal state, as expected.
 
We will not be able to look after our own interests or set our own international trade policy. It is what the 'level playing field' means.

It will of course all be regulated by the EU, by means of the ECJ, which will be called something else. 'Enforcement arm of the EU', perhaps.
 
It was never going to be anything but a worse deal than the one we already had , which was the envy of every country in the world .
A few very rich Brexit backers with offshore fortunes who want to avoid their fair share of tax pressurised the right wing press to persuade people to vote against their own interests and we are now here
I await the promised benefits with eager anticipation
 
I was reminded of the "power corrupts" quote. I didn't know who said it so looked it up. I came across this quote below, which seems even more apt on so many levels and, arguably, explains so much of what goes on in all governments/bureaucratic insitutions:

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.

Frank Herbert
 
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