Letâs be clear â The Withdrawal Agreement is poorly-named.
It does not involve withdrawing from the EU in any meaningful sense, but instead commits us to Remaining within the EU and strips the UK of any future self-determination. It removes from the UK control of any future departure from the EU, and places it in the hands of those who reside in the building in Brussels with the statute of Europa outside â a woman riding a bull, keen students of the Book of Revelation may notice.
To this extent, the Withdrawal Agreement is actually a treaty for staying in the EU â it resembles quite closely the surrender terms that might be offered to a vanquished enemy, or the document that might be initially given to a small country wishing to join the EU.
Like say, Scotland.
One wonders if the EU wrote it in the run-up to the independence vote of 2014, threw it on a shelf when the Scots voted to stay in the UK, and then Angela Merkel simply tossed it across the desk at her puppet Theresa May at their meeting the day before it was announced at Chequers?
If the EU was a lending institution, this would not be a lengthy mortgage offered at a very low fixed rate, to a woman of considerable status, means and integrity (as might be expected of a deal offered to the fifth-largest economy in the world, the second-largest in Europe and the EUâs biggest customer), but is instead deeply punitive, almost insulting, perhaps comparable to a payday loan.
The Withdrawal Agreement is actually The Wonga Agreement.
And this is to be expected of course, because while Britain leaving the EU would be a disaster, Britain leaving the EU and thriving would mean the end of the generational attempt at reviving communism at the heart of Europe â many other countries (and the richer ones at that) would all suddenly be demanding the same terms and the EUSSR would fracture irreparably.
And at that point, all the ex-communists currently gorging at the trough in Brussels would have to accept the death of their dream.
If Britain left and thrived.
So the EUSSR can only survive Britainâs departure if it is made into a disaster for the UK.
Which meant they simply could not offer us a good deal, even if they had wanted to.
