Wily old Liam Fox, acting Trade Secretary, has appealed to Japan to back whatever passes this week as Britain’s Brexit vision. Our dog-eared friend is hoping that the Japanese will apply the pressure on the EU which he is incapable of applying himself.
The Basil Brush of UK politics is threatening a no deal Brexit as a consequence of non-compliance. A threat as empty as his political capital account. Boom, boom!
Boom, bust? The UK economy is teetering on the edge of a cliff, and Japan is indifferent. Pragmatic as ever, the Japanese have signed an alternative deal with the EU, leaving Fox in a hole.
International trade expert Mae Kadeal was not optimistic. “Fox is in cloud cuckoo land,” she asserted. “For one thing, he overestimates Japan’s influence over the EU. I wouldn’t be surprised if he got them mixed up with the Chinese. As Jeremy C. Hunt says, they all look the same, don’t they?”
Kadeal also believes Fox is barking up the wrong tree. The vulpine one, she says, ought to be sniffing Donald Trump’s bottom instead, and maintaining the special relationship. Butter up, and prepare for a good shafting.
Fox, she believes, regards himself as Reynardine, the werefox. Reynardine seduces unsuspecting innocents and lures them to their doom. Japan is merely the latest damsel in disbelief.
“His technique is simple,” Kadeal disclosed. “He bounces around with those big puppy-dog eyes, then chases any stick you care to throw. He will lift his leg almost too often, but ultimately he just wants lots of love and fuss. He’s a great big sheep in wolf’s clothing.”
Making Brexit deals had out-foxed Fox. He is cunning like one of Baldrick’s plans. Brexit has put a fox in charge of the hen-house, although ironically Fox is one of the chickens.
Looks like we are all in the doghouse.