#TurdReich is trending on UK twitter this morning, because it is that awful here

[Emrys]

5. It wasn't necessary to be clairvoyant to see these sorts of things coming.

I wrote this (and far too much more) in response to another DUer who was defending Labour's wishy-washy response to Brexit in "left-wing" terms back in June 2017:

Do you have any idea the economic mess the UK was in before it joined the EC?

There were pressing reasons why the UK joined. You're sounding exactly like those blinkered Leavers who drone on about "We used to be fine in the old days, warm beer, dollies in mini skirts, yadayadayada." It was known as "The Sick Man of Europe" and - not coincidentally, "The Dirty Old man of Europe", as its attitudes to ecology were terrible. Something then changed ...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1088&pid=13309

Now, how much Brexit has to do directly with the shitstream in our rivers and on our coasts is up for debate, as these crappy problems have been brewing for a long time, even while we were in the EU, but it now looks like we're now going to be at the mercy of - God help us - Liz Truss and the hoary cabal she gathers around her to address the problems without a supra-governmental body to apply added pressure.