THM – my main emotion tonight is curiosity.
I have long maintained that democracy is not static, being in the minority was at a point in time which had now passed, and the whole point of democracy is to try and build a majority not give up when you don’t yet have one.
Now I know we have disagreed on this many times – I don’t expect to convince you. But please keep an open mind to other points of view.
As for Davis’s comments, he was at pains to point out it wasn’t legally binding, which is of course both correct and irrelevant. The relevant bit was the pointing it out which does not engender good relations.
I don’t think the EU were under any misapprehensions about the legal status, but once Davis had opened his mouth they felt they had to act.
The moral? Announce agreements, not things that are a bit like agreements. Any don’t let Davis speak in public. Or elsewhere. A diplomat he is not.