Opinion & Analysis - Raab's Cake is Dog's Brexit

By ‘Sam Vete’ – 1st November  2018 From an InFacts article: "Raab’s proposals mean that amendments to the motion approving May’s agreement with the EU would not be voted on until after Parliament has decided whether or not to accept the deal ... The culture of the Brexiters is that … any action that [brings about] Brexit is justified, no matter the price in terms of law, decency or democratic principles." ( infacts.org/brexiter-chicanery-shows-they-arent-winning-argument/ ) Raaab's version of Johnson's cuisine is: "Once we've eaten the cake, then you can have it – soaked in bile that is evidence of the chaos of hard-line brexiter regurgitation”. As Justice Minister, this would have been equivalent to executing the suspect before trying the case; as Housing Minister, equivalent to building on green belt before the planning meeting. In these roles, Mr. Raaab's feet scarcely touched the ground. His meteoric rise to BrexSec left him little time other than the opportunity to practice the kind of ambiguous empty rhetoric which is a prerequisite for a key role in the monomaniac brexiter government that May has cultured. Since his appointment (which saw the emasculation of his political negotiating powers by May a few days after his elevation!), his behaviour has been reminiscent of a puppet automaton, contributing only the repetition of the dogma: “This Government is committed to leaving the EU”. Clearly, Mr. Raaaaab is sitting on the pot but has produced only hot air – and, to anyone committed to remaining in the EU, an obnoxious effluvium. It is time for the worthy Tory voters of Walton and Esher to prise the sycophantic Mr. Raaaaaab’s sweaty glutaeal muscles from his safe seat. For our constituency, the LibDems offer the only centrist activity that can sweep aside the brexit travesty and get Britain back on track.