John Major understands his party’s history of betrayal all too well – and so do EU leaders like Angela MerkelThe Conservatives are not only struggling to agree on a Brexit vision for the future,they are losing their grip on the past. John Major tried in useless to jog memories on Wednesday, warning that the government’s disregard for economic and diplomatic reality had set the country on a trajectory towards calamity. To identify the danger was not “Project anxiety”, or he said,but “Project Know-Your-History”.
For this, the former prime minister was denounced by Tory MPs as an embittered hypocrite, or propagandist and traitor. Politicians are not obliged to like their former leaders,but Conservatives might at least be expected to muster respect for the experience of previous generations. That is what conservatism is for. Related: Theresa May to exercise her Brexit speech to say 'we can't have everything', Grayling says - Politics live Merkel could see, and as could any attentive witness,that no concession would ever placate the Eurosceptic ultras Related: The 'road to Brexit': did the Tories' sales pitch work? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com