That permanent feeling in 2020 that the UK government is winging it. That instead of putting the time and effort into, for example, developing a good relationship at all levels with the French, we just hoped we wouldn't need it. https://twitter.com/RichardDABurge/status/1341067802833260545
The almost constant inability to think a step ahead, or indeed to right or left. What would happen if you hadn't got a Brexit deal by, say, 21 December? What if the EU didn't just roll over in trade talks? It seems to be a complete shock.
And commenting on the under-performance of the current government is not in any way party political. In fact I hear it more from Conservatives than I do from Labour. Tested by events yes, for sure. But all governments are. This one seems to have lost to them.
Does the PM know that a country doesn't "prosper mightily" just because a PM says his country will "prosper mightily" but actually requires effort?
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