absolutely terrible, stupid framing. DOGE could have *only* been a "missed opportunity" if it had been conceived, planned, & implemented exactly opposite of how it was, by people who did not think like they did, for goals antithetical to their actual goals.

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Wall-to-wall praise for the policy in today’s papers but they either don’t understand it or don’t care. We’ve been here before, of course. Bexit, Boris Johnson, Truss… all bigged up by the media despite, all obviously awful.

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Really good thread Jacob. I think the debate is now open, and agree completely once it’s admitted that brexit does not work, political and economic logic lead inevitably to full accession. Personally I believe a sufficient majority could be achieved. But it needs a well funded and staffed…

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🚨🚨 My scattered thoughts on this: Yes, #brexit was exactly this, absolute crap (financially, socially politically and in all thinkable ways) and the Johnson-hammered #hardbrexit EU-UK TCA deal is obviously not working for the UK (surprise: works quite well for the EU).

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Badenoch would do a deal with Reform in a heartbeat, no matters what she says.

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