[kreuzberger]

A thread title paying homage to that long-running discussion started by @mattomac before the Great Fire and indeed, before "stupid" grew wings, fledged, and began to shit over the UK - NI partly excepted.

First up, this "once in a generational opportunity to reset relations" nonsense is just that. Nonsense, and as with as much real-world validity as the fat lad's Get Brexit Done horseshit; international relations are a process of development and evolution, (for better or for worse), rather than a singularly identifiable event, and Starmer cannot defy the laws of economics any more that he can avoid the laws of physics. That apple falls on your head as surely as leaving the Single Market and the Customs Union wreaks havoc with your economy.

You want to magic away vast black holes in your finances? I have a cunning plan.

Starmer coming to the end of our street today to shake hands on an - er - oven ready treaty after ten minutes in office, and while most of the RW press are on holiday, looks to me to be the opening initiative of the country edging towards a bespoke variant of the EEA Agreement.

Türkiye managed it, but I still believe that I will be German or dead or both before the damage has been repaired.