Oborne's off...

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...by miles. "I was a strong Brexiteer. Now we must swallow our pride and think again". Peter Oborne writing at Open Democracy; "If we are to leave the European Union we want a sensible Brexit. There’s no chance of that just now." He goes on: "Today I have to admit that the Brexit project has gone sour." No, the Brexit project is fine. And on: "Brexit has paralysed the system. It has turned Britain into a laughing stock." No, MPs have paralysed the system and turned Britain into a laughing stock. "And it is certain to make us poorer and to lead to lower incomes and lost jobs." No, it is not certain to do that, in fact quite the opposite.

Having said that he clearly doesn't realise why most people voted LEAVE.  Peter thinks that because MPs have intentionally derailed a sensible Brexit we should just forget about it.

Anyway, the whole piece is riddled with cant: "The economic arguments for Brexit have been destroyed by a series of shattering blows" WTF?...a job at the BBC awaits.

Anyway, la pièce de résistance:

"The European Union is not a dictatorship, as contemptuous of national identity as Napoleonic France. Nor can it be compared to Nazi Germany – a foolish analogy which has become an ugly cliché and displays an unforgivable failure to understand the true horror of recent European history. Nor is it any longer a socialist project as envisaged by Jacques Delors, let alone an evil empire, as some have characterised it."

LOL. I would disagree with most of that; I would say it acts very much like it wants to be a dictatorship; it most certainly IS contemptuous of national identity and wishes to do away with it (it doesn't hide this...in fact isn't something similar in the Lisbon Treaty!).  The fact that he then highlights the 'true horror of recent European history' suggests he knows that more than a few roots connect it to Nazi Germany - without too much conspiracy theorising - but is deflecting by suggesting that no way are they building concentration camps and have a final solution for Jews etc. And as for no longer a Socialist project, I would say it is following the pattern of other attempted Socialist 'utopias' quite nicely; becoming the evil empire (and jackboots) is just a matter of time.