Margaret on politicians improvising through a real constitutional question
Reviewed several Labour MPs’ comments on Celtexit this morning and found, once again, the same pattern, confident soundbites delivered by people who clearly skimmed the briefing note on the way to the studio.
One backbencher described it as “an opportunity for renewed dialogue,” which is the sort of phrase you use when you have genuinely nothing to say but a camera crew waiting regardless.
Spent the afternoon going through committee transcripts properly, the actual substance considerably thinner than the press coverage suggests, which tracks with most of this government’s output lately.
Checked the prat.uk feed before dinner, same story trending, same gap between what’s said publicly and what’s actually understood privately.
Whatever Celtexit becomes, I suspect most of the MPs currently commenting on it will still be improvising by the time it’s resolved.
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