tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post6244007657693389661..comments2022-12-13T14:45:12.233+00:00Comments on Martin Goodall's Planning Law Blog: Brexit – Where on earth do we go now?Martin H Goodallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079479984296674469noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-68825906780289953272018-12-08T12:26:46.376+00:002018-12-08T12:26:46.376+00:00Thanks to Ian, A.Gilbert and Passer-by for taking ...Thanks to Ian, A.Gilbert and Passer-by for taking the trouble to comment.<br /><br />Hopefully, once we are through next week, we can get back to planning law instead of obsessing about Brexit. I do have a few items in the pipeline, and I promise I'll write them up shortly.<br /><br />Regarding the 'Titanic' metaphor, I suspect A. Gilbert may be right about the original disaster. But I don't think that Captain May will save her ship by adopting this tactic, even if the captain of the Titanic might have done.<br /><br />I take Passer-by's point, and if/when we get to a referendum, I think the binary choice should be between May's deal or Remain. However, there won't be time to pass the necessary legislation and to organise a referendum before we run out of road on 29 March. This is the sole reason for my now suggesting that May's Article 50 letter should be withdrawn. I put this suggestion forward, rather than an temporary extension of time, because that could only be done by consent of the EU, and would still leave us under pressure of time, whereas (subject to the judgment of the ECJ on Monday) we could withdraw the Article 50 letter unilaterally.<br /><br />Incidentally, I am just as critical of Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour leadership as I am of Theresa May. Corbyn's assertion that, upon taking power, he would set about negotiating a better 'job-friendly' Brexit is just as delusional as the leavers who demand that May should go back to Brussels and demand a deal without an Irish back-stop. Sooner or later, Labour will have to accept that the only options are to go ahead on the terms that the May government negotiated or to stop Brexit altogether, and this makes a referendum inevitable.<br /><br />It is very unfortunate that, by sitting on the fence for the past two and a half years, Labour has wasted precious time when they should have taken a far more robust anti-Brexit position and could then have run rings around this hapless Tory government. Martin H Goodallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079479984296674469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-7511868977503061482018-12-08T11:05:19.492+00:002018-12-08T11:05:19.492+00:00Although I would prefer to get your insight into p...Although I would prefer to get your insight into planning - you are spot on! Well said!Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-15664994926340709992018-12-08T07:58:56.973+00:002018-12-08T07:58:56.973+00:00Good morning Martin.
Just a small point: I suspec...Good morning Martin. <br />Just a small point: I suspect your metaphor of the Titanic may do the Remain cause no favours.<br />Naval engineers are of the opinion that had the vessel hit the iceberg head-on, it would have survived. Instead, the captain (May?) tried to manouver the ship away from the ‘berg, but in doing so rammed it sideways-on, thus popping hundreds of rivets and opening up seams in the plating of the hull.<br />I firmly believe the deal May has negotiated would sink our ship of state, insofar as sovereignty is concerned; she has simply ended up re-negotiating our terms of membership, but on worse terms. If a second referendum was held, with a binary choice between Mays’ deal or Remain, I’m sure many of us Leavers would logically have to vote Remain as the least-worst option.<br />We live in interesting times.<br />A.Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16909642013157246932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-67143134127765367552018-12-07T16:56:05.966+00:002018-12-07T16:56:05.966+00:00I worry that this move just muddies the waters. I ...I worry that this move just muddies the waters. I preferred the dichotomy of 'rubbish deal' vs 'stay in'.passerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133499748098929618noreply@blogger.com