My goodness, first day back, legs under desk and POW!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38498839
Civil servant resigning from a most critical post at this point in time. Shocking. Don't forget Carney's departure is on the cards too.
To reiterate the political mugs in the Brexit camp do not appreciate the complexities of departure, unwrangling past deals and agreements and subsequently securing a new one. Or the costs internal and external for that matter.
You may not like to hear it from me, yours trully, but now hear it from a most respectful and well experienced Civil Servant Sir Ivan Rogers. Moreover, he was discreet about his messages, sadly his reports back to the PM were leaked to the BBC.
One should also bear in mind with any project there is Time, Cost and Quality to consider and all three objectives play-off against the other. So if one chooses to reduce departure time frame from 10 to 2 years, then that'll in due course impact cost of departure and the quality of the deal obtained.
I'm sure Gove, Redwood and IDS would like a simple Brexit and they sure talk a good shop. Sadly it's all a load of rollicks as soon they'll find out.
Feck it, I'm sure we are being too pessimistic here. Let's be more ambitious and optimistic about our future. There that should fix it. :whistling