David Davis owned by the EU as he finally wakes up to the perils of a ‘no deal’ Brexit
David Davis is shitting himself – to use Westminster parlance – that the EU might be preparing for the possibility of a ‘no deal’ Brexit.
We know this because he wrote a letter to Theresa May, with his big crayon, in which he said the government ‘cannot let these actions go unchallenged.’
Here's the leaked letter from Davis to May about the threat to British jobs from EU "no deal" preparations pic.twitter.com/EFbzu3vhzC
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) January 8, 2018
This is the same government that has been banging on about ‘no deal’ being better than a bad deal, has announced a Cabinet minister for ‘no deal Brexit’ and has set aside £3bn from the magic money tree to deal with the fallout of a ‘no deal’ Brexit.
But that’s enough from us, over to this EU Commission spokesperson who puts it much better than us.
.@EU_Commission Spokesperson on David Davis letter: “We are surprised that the UK is surprised that we are preparing for a scenario announced by the UK govt itself” #Brexit pic.twitter.com/Aj455hZjUn
— Pablo Pérez (@PabloPerezA) January 9, 2018
What’s the German for ‘owned’?
And here’s what people have been making of it online.
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“No deal is better than a bad deal”
“No deal is better than a bad deal”
“No deal is better than a bad deal”
“No deal is better than a bad deal”
“No deal is better than a bad deal”
“How dare you talk about no deal!” pic.twitter.com/LqovcfnhJt— David Schneider (@davidschneider) January 9, 2018
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I know we're in danger of surreal story saturation but this is really shocking. The hypocrisy is astounding, obviously, but the apparent failure to appreciate the scale of the hypocrisy is as befuddling as it is troubling. https://t.co/kCTx5AN4vO
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) January 9, 2018
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This letter is extraordinary. A govt intent on leaving EU & continually talking about prospect of ‘no deal’ moaning about EU preparing to treat UK as a non member and for the possibility of ‘no deal’. Unbelievable – or rather, increasingly believable from this inept UK government https://t.co/47CFxS99B7
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) January 9, 2018
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‚ground control to Apollo 13. This is Houston speaking.‘ https://t.co/vgCB90uqEE
— Wolfgang Blau (@wblau) January 9, 2018
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Commission spokesman all deadpan just now: “We in the European Commission we are surprised that the United Kingdom is surprised that we are preparing for a scenario announced by the UK government itself.”
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) January 9, 2018
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In case you were confused about just how bone-crushingly stupid @DavidDavisMP's recent letter is, @mrjamesob helpfully explains https://t.co/X4OMSsXlrt
— Adam Jacobs (@statsguyuk) January 9, 2018
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The EU is "surprised" (but probably not *that* surprised) that the UK negotiating team are idiots… https://t.co/ozJ3eCMATG #Brexit
— The Media Blog (@TheMediaTweets) January 9, 2018