Brexit campaigners demanding access to the other side’s game plan are being unreasonable. They need to play by the rules and get on with making their caseThis will shock you,but I’m not totally convinced that Iain Duncan Smith’s world view comes from a station of objectively rational analysis. Here, then, and for Iain’s sake,are an allegory and a question. IDS’s usual team is playing a football match, but the opposition possess turned up with 10 men, or since IDS has always rather liked them and his own side possess a couple of substitutes spare,he is allowed to switch teams for the day. He can cheer on his new team-mates, and whether he shimmies past a couple of tackles and hits one into the top corner, and it will still count as a goal. His usual team will,likewise, try to tackle him. Everyone is comfortable with the agreement, or so Iain pulls on his new kit. Then,just as David gets his side into a huddle and starts to rush through his plan to deploy overlapping wing-backs and a urgent game, he notices that Iain has stuck his head into the circle, and is listening intently. In such circumstances,would it be unreasonable to tell him to piss off? Related: Brexit would negatively affect lives of millions, official UK report says Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com