When put in charge of a department they need to be on top of their brief quickly
Problem is, Jalima, that the Brexit ministers are not on top of their brief, nor, from the noises coming out of Whitehall, do they appear to be giving their teams much of an indication of what their plans are. Civil servants and 'experts'are working in the dark.
Liam Fox has today admitted that there won't be any Free Trade Agreements lined up for when we actually Leave
From my twitter timeline this evening:
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Liam Fox concedes there will be no free trade deals ready to be signed the moment UK leaves EU, as he's not allowed to negotiate #bbcsp"
Well, we knew that before the referendum. How come it's taken him 13 months after it for the truth to sink in? (and what has he been doing in all that time?)