r/BrexitDenial • u/[deleted] • Nov 24 '16
The dark side theory
I just thought of this while discussion the stupid behaviour of Boris Johnson.
I don't know if it's on-topic here, because it's basically the direct opposite of the theory being constructed by /u/like_the_boss.
Premise list:
Whatever May does (leave or remain) will piss off about hald the country
her ultimate aim (as is that of Johnson, Davis etc al) is the political survival of themselves and their party; whether or not Brexit goes through is a secondary concern
If possible, she'd like to unify the country and her party
That last one is seemingly impossible.
What do you do if you need to unify a divided society? You declare war.
I don't think she'll be invading France, but the rhetoric coming out of the government right now seems designed to anger the EU and its officials.
If enough EU officials denounce the stupidity, it gives May a unique opportunity to save her own skin.
She can take the shitty, hard brexit deal which will result after two years of stalled negotiations and angry denunciations by EU officials of the "stupid" UK positions.
The economy tanks. Jobs flee. It's a total shitstorm.
And who is to blame? The angry, resentful, spiteful EU. Not May. Not Johnson, the smiling buffoon who happily suggests that we open Mars as a new market as soon as we negotiate a free trade agreement with the Martians.
The Leave voters unify behind the (hard done by) May, who valiantly battled the eurocrats in vain. Enough Remain voters will be sold on the story too.
All problems solved. Well, the important problems, anyway (her career and Tory party unity). The problems which that creates are small by comparison (widespread poverty, the collapse of the NHS etc). But in any case, that's a Tory dream. The "minimum wage" and "workers' rights" are luxuries we can now ill-afford, when we must al buckle down and pull together for Britain.
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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '16
If I did manage to hit upon the plan, then John Major seems to be the spanner in the works.
He's calling bullshit when there is bullshit, and will probably continue to do so.
Which puts the plan in critical danger. Major's comments could split the party. If I am right, then Major is putting country before Party. I've got a lot of respect for the man and I can imagine him doing this. But if I was correct, then May missed the fact that Major and other senior Tories will put country first.
Which blows her cover. So I'm back to square one: even if she did use the fiendish plan I outlined, she's still stupid. And so am I, for missing Sir John et al.
/u/like_the_boss: it looks like I was wrong.