May and Macron Offer Clinics on How Not to Lead
One lives in denial, the other in retreat; both are in deep trouble.
Emmanuel Macron and Theresa may, out in the cold.
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Theresa May has propped a pair of sunglasses on the ice-cold corpse of her Brexit deal and is lugging it around Europe today, a la “Weekend at Bernie’s,” in hopes somebody will believe it’s still kicking. At least she’s getting a nice European trip out of it. Otherwise it’s a farce.
For one thing, nobody in Europe seems much willing to go along with her charade. Angela Merkel said the deal May hammered out with the EU can’t be amended. EU leaders said the same thing. Back at home, meanwhile, May came this close to a no-confidence vote. An MP even grabbed the parliamentary mace, for God’s sake. This foolishness has gone on long enough: May needs to surrender to the fact that her Brexit deal is doomed, Bloomberg’s editorial board writes. Her delays are doing nothing but adding to the embarrassment, confusion and risk of a disastrous no-deal Brexit. It’s time to stop pretending she has any power and let the people decide what’s next in a second referendum, the editors write. Read the whole thing.