tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post588929179499896549..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: On brains and BrexitUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-12953049449964585492017-09-01T17:14:11.707+01:002017-09-01T17:14:11.707+01:00I have no opinion about the talents or otherwise o...I have no opinion about the talents or otherwise of our team but I do know beyond any doubt whatsoever that the journalists who "report" on the negotiations (or anything else for that matter) have only one purpose in life- and that is to create controversy, distort any reality that there may be and to stray as far from the truth as they can possibly go with incurring legal penalties.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03267170289726545355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-88377365460197632202017-09-01T12:27:50.049+01:002017-09-01T12:27:50.049+01:00Ben. This is like the blind men and the elephant. ...Ben. This is like the blind men and the elephant. I'm not sure which bit of the elephant you're holding but my bit is fine.<br /><br />I don't think the negotiating team are either stupid or ill-informed. They may not be pitching it as I would pitch it. They may well be mistaken. It seems to me that an awful lot of effort is being put in by equally 'stupid' and 'ill-informed' people to make out - mostly for political reasons - that Britain's Brexit position is somehow foolish.Simon Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586896340482296341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-43595391090271714392017-09-01T08:18:36.480+01:002017-09-01T08:18:36.480+01:00When it comes to haggling a deal, do you want Step...When it comes to haggling a deal, do you want Stephen Hawking or Del-Boy Trotter? You decide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-36402940494715609932017-08-31T21:32:21.282+01:002017-08-31T21:32:21.282+01:00Accepting that your Brexit negotiators are individ...Accepting that your Brexit negotiators are individually not stupid, perhaps you would like to explain why, collectively, they are acting as if they are both stupid and ill informed.Ben Dhonauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730037990590682794noreply@blogger.com