[disgruntledphd2]

To be fair, they're a business paper and from an economic perspective Brexit made absolutely no sense, so it's not that surprising.

[blibble]

maybe it's unrealistic that political journalists should have some insight of the subject matter beyond that of a politics student

(similarly: their recently retired stock-picking columnist revealed he'd never traded a stock)

[disgruntledphd2]

Did you expect any of those things? Like I followed the process religiously and I kept being surprised by the sheer insanity of all the UK government decisions.

[blibble]

yes, I successfully predicted all of the above

from June 24th 2016: a hard exit with a fudge on the NI border was the only path that kept the tory party in one piece

and the tory party has always prioritised that over everything else

remember: it's the only reason they called a referendum in the first place

the only way it would have gone differently would have been if Labour had a leader other than Corbyn

having him as the opposition guaranteed it would happen

(because Middle England hated the idea of Corbyn in power more than they hated brexit)

[disgruntledphd2]

I mean no disrespect, but that seems very unlikely.

Like, the Tory party didn't remain in one piece, they expelled a bunch of people and are almost unrecognisable from the people in power in 2016.

Any chance you have comments here or elsewhere supporting your predictions?

[scott_w]

They didn’t split. By that metric, they’re still in one piece and that’s the only metric those in the party care about right now.