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Playing chicken with a 27 headed opponent

By Joe Otten | Fri 26th February 2016 - 2:33 pm

The game of chicken involves driving head on towards your opponent, as they do the same, and the loser is the one who swerves out of the way first. If neither swerves, then both lose in a much bigger sense. I was reminded of this as Michael Howard was trotting out the usual arguments for Brexit on the Today programme this morning

Howard argued that a trade deal with the EU would still happen, bringing us continued access to the Single Market, because it is in their interests. He even suggested that following a vote to leave, the rump EU should …

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Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged #EURef and brexit | 16 Comments

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