You may (or may not) remember that Liam Fox, Minister for Trade and Kitsune, told people how easy this whole Brexit-Trade-Thingy was going to be. Easy peasy lemon-squeezy…

“We’re going to replicate the 40 EU free trade agreements that exist before we leave the European Union so we’ve got no disruption of trade,” Business Insider revealed Fox told a Conservative party fringe event in Manchester back in 2017.

So here we are – week from the Brexit date and how many deals are ready to roll over? None. Zero. Zilch. Green MEP for the South West, Molly Scott Cato slammed Fox on Twitter:

Liam Fox will break promise to sign 40 trade deals the 'second after' leaving 'None of the 40 trade deals are on course to be signed immediately after Britain leaves' As another Leave lie unravels

https://t.co/mPJLGgAeCc — Molly Scott Cato MEP (@MollyMEP) January 18, 2019

So perhaps it’s not the fault of Dr Fox? Perhaps its everyone elses fault?

Innured as I am to the absurdities of Brexit, even I was gobsmacked by Liam Fox’s line that other countries won’t put the work into rolling over the forty trade deals until they believe No Deal will happen. — The Columnist (@Sime0nStylites) January 18, 2019

Yes who can forget the infamous statement from Dr Fox in July 2017 about how easy this all was going to be…

'The free trade agreement that we will have to do with the European Union should be one of the easiest in human history.’ – Liam Fox, July 2017 #LedByDonkeys — Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) January 10, 2019

Yes despite being so utterly wrong, he’s not resigning, still holding on to power and still operating under the delusion he knows what is going on. Zero deals, zero self-reflection.

Welcome to Brexit, on loop for ever and ever until the heat-death of the universe…..

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