This guy gets it, even if he is a Brexit supporter.
Former Bank of England governor Lord King has blasted Brexit preparations as "incompetent". The Brexit supporter said it "beggared belief" that the world's sixth-biggest economy should be talking of stockpiling food and medicines. This left the government without a credible bargaining position, he said.
A spokesperson for the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) said that getting a good deal with the EU was "by far, the most likely outcome". Lord King said that "a government that cannot take action to prevent some of these catastrophic outcomes illustrates a whole lack of preparation. It doesn't tell us anything about whether the policy of staying in the EU is good or bad, it tells us everything about the incompetence of the preparation for it."
Lord King expressed regret and surprise that it was more difficult for a single country to present a united front than the other 27 EU members.
He said: "They must have been really worried that they had 27 countries to try to corral, how could they have a united negotiating position, they were dealing with a country that was one country, made a clear decision, voted to leave, it knew what it wanted to do, how on earth could the EU manage to negotiate against this one decisive group on the other side of the Channel? Well, the reality's been completely the opposite. The EU has been united, has been clear, has been patient and it's the UK that's been divided without any clear strategy at all for how to get to where we want to go."
But it wasn't a clear decision at all. It was a nonsensically confused and narrow decision, because no-one had any idea what they were voting for. How could they, given the vagueness of the question ? And the best way of forging unity, psychologists say, is to have a common adversary. Britain is divided over the EU whereas Brexit makes it abundantly clear to the EU that Britain is a problem.
Originally shared by Jenny Winder
Former Bank of England governor Lord King has blasted Brexit preparations as "incompetent"
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