Don't get me wrong, I am not a Tory. And have never been. But throughout my whole adult political life, roughly 1997 until 2015, they were the party of business. The party that supposedly could be trusted with the UK economy.
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Whether they did indeed do the right things for the economy is of course questionable, but making the case that they were doing so was at least plausible. Now that's simply no longer so.
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To hold the Brexit referendum in the first place: economically irresponsible
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To aim to leave the Single Market and the Customs Union after the referendum: economically irresponsible
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To flirt with No Deal: economically irresponsible
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To amend the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration agreed by May to take UK even further from the EU: economically irresponsible
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To stick above all else and resolutely to the end of 2020 timetable for the limit of the transition period: economically irresponsible
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(Note: there might have been *other* reasons for all of these, but economic pragmatism was *not* what was driving the Tories)
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So why, dear reader, should that possibly start now?
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Ah, UK wants to diverge on Data Protection says Johnson. Business would like equivalence at least. But do we really think Johnson (or Cummings) is listening?
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Ah, UK wants to diverge on car type approval, according to Javid. UK car industry screams. Jobs in the sector in the UK could go. But the government stands firm. Same for aviation maintenance standards.
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This UK government are clientilist disaster capitalists who, if all goes wrong economically, would sooner blame the malevolent EU for their predicament than face up to the costs inherent in Brexit.
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This government will do what suits it, and what suits its backers, and what fits the ideology of Johnson's entourage. What is economically in the interests of the UK does not feature. /ends
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