Politicians are playing a dangerous game

[Paddy]

In most negotiations, taking things right to the wire doesn't carry a high risk. If agreement isn't reached, there isn't usually an immediate and dramatic impact on people's everyday lives.

Brexit is different. The closer we get to Mar 29, without a WA being ratified, the greater the risk of the population starting to panic.

It may be irrational for people to panic at the prospect of crashing out, but many will and it is often contagious (crowd psychology).

It will be very sad if the current political game of chicken results in injury or loss of life.

In any event, May should not have invoked A50 until she had firstly sorted out what the Tory party wants. The problem is and always has been, the Tory party is split; nothing will resolve that. In fact Brexit will make it worse.

[scooterscot]

We're now at peak media Brexit quietness.

[AtW]

Bailing out Lehman Brothers would have just delayed things a wee bit.

[darmstadt]

In most negotiations, taking things right to the wire doesn't carry a high risk. If agreement isn't reached, there isn't usually an immediate and dramatic impact on people's everyday lives.

Brexit is different. The closer we get to Mar 29, without a WA being ratified, the greater the risk of the population starting to panic.

It may be irrational for people to panic at the prospect of crashing out, but many will and it is often contagious (crowd psychology).

It will be very sad if the current political game of chicken results in injury or loss of life.

There was a good article about this somewhere in relation to the Lehman Brothers situation where the US and UK governments could have bailed them out but decided not too, even knowing that it would cause problems. They left it to the last minute before deciding to not go ahead with a bailout causing a worldwide economic collapse

[stonehenge]

In most negotiations, taking things right to the wire doesn't carry a high risk. If agreement isn't reached, there isn't usually an immediate and dramatic impact on people's everyday lives.

Brexit is different. The closer we get to Mar 29, without a WA being ratified, the greater the risk of the population starting to panic.

It may be irrational for people to panic at the prospect of crashing out, but many will and it is often contagious (crowd psychology).

It will be very sad if the current political game of chicken results in injury or loss of life.