Are you like me and millions of others totally frustrated by the interventions of Philip Hammond and Amber Rudd. They keep saying we should negotiate a deal but take no deal off the table.
Here is a simple analogy (which most people fully understand).
Hammond & Rudd want to buy a house. Which negotiation strategy works?
Their's
On viewing - they say to the vendors - "this is the house for us - we are not leaving under any circumstances until you sell it to us." By the way your price is too high will you reduce it please?
or Boris's
We would like to do a deal on this house but your current price is too steep for us. Can we do a deal - or reluctantly we will have to walk away which will be a shame?
Taking No Deal off the table diminishes our negotiating hand. The May, Hammond Rudd approach has got us nowhere. It has allowed the EU to stitch us up.
Boris Johnson's strategy is a game changer unless the EU believe he cannot deliver No Deal - in which case the EU sits tight.
No deal is better than a bad deal. Buying a house that subsequently bankrupts you because the price is too high is stupidity. The current Withdrawal Agreement places the UK totally over a barrel when it comes to negotiating a future trade agreement. We would be mad - totally naïve to accept it - and we won't.
And to follow the analogy through - there are other houses to buy - we will not be homeless. Granted we will have some more work to do - but it will be worth it in the end. We will have our own castle !
So to Hammond and Rudd how does your carping interventions help? Are you really that stupid you cannot see the damage you are doing? I doubt it. What you are really trying to do is to stop us leaving. Shame on you. Your duplicity is nauseating.
Here is a simple analogy (which most people fully understand).
Hammond & Rudd want to buy a house. Which negotiation strategy works?
Their's
On viewing - they say to the vendors - "this is the house for us - we are not leaving under any circumstances until you sell it to us." By the way your price is too high will you reduce it please?
or Boris's
We would like to do a deal on this house but your current price is too steep for us. Can we do a deal - or reluctantly we will have to walk away which will be a shame?
Taking No Deal off the table diminishes our negotiating hand. The May, Hammond Rudd approach has got us nowhere. It has allowed the EU to stitch us up.
Boris Johnson's strategy is a game changer unless the EU believe he cannot deliver No Deal - in which case the EU sits tight.
No deal is better than a bad deal. Buying a house that subsequently bankrupts you because the price is too high is stupidity. The current Withdrawal Agreement places the UK totally over a barrel when it comes to negotiating a future trade agreement. We would be mad - totally naïve to accept it - and we won't.
And to follow the analogy through - there are other houses to buy - we will not be homeless. Granted we will have some more work to do - but it will be worth it in the end. We will have our own castle !
So to Hammond and Rudd how does your carping interventions help? Are you really that stupid you cannot see the damage you are doing? I doubt it. What you are really trying to do is to stop us leaving. Shame on you. Your duplicity is nauseating.
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