The Parable Of The Blind (And Stupid) Man.

The UK's Brexit Minister is failing spectacularly to get the Northern Ireland Protocol to work. 

When he supposedly "got Brexit done", however, he and his boss were hailed heroes by the right wing

nutjobs carrying them in the polls. They had done the impossible - seemingly.

Millions of people with brains, however, had told them they couldn't pull the UK out of Europe without screwing up the province - it WAS impossible.

There had to be a "hard border" for the UK to exit but NO-ONE wanted that, fearing it would spell an imminent return to violence and murder on the island of Ireland. Still, Frost and Boris Johnson insisted they were right and everyone else was wrong.

Dear Lord Frost,

Let me see if I can explain this to you. Many years ago there was a guy who found it easier to get his messages across in the form of stories about everyday life. The stories were called "parables".

Here is the parable of the mentally challenged car buyer.

Once upon a time there was a man who bought a deathtrap car which he KNEW wouldn't work and which the seller told him didn't work. He bought it just the same, however, to impress his psychotic kids who were petrolheads.

Both the man and the seller, a horrible foreigner, included a clause in the sale contract which stated that if anything went wrong with the car they should renegotiate the details.

The car, amazingly, turned out to be as useful as a tap on a canoe! The man contacted the seller and said he was not happy. The man refused to contribute to any repairs but, by way of goodwill, the foreigner agreed to put in a new starter motor.

The man said he was still not happy and refused to contribute to any repairs so, by way of going the extra mile to be reasonable and stick to the contract, the seller agreed to throw in a new carburettor.

The man said that, despite all the seller's flexibility, he was still not happy and refused to contribute to any repairs so, in an act of desperation, the foreigner agreed to fit a new gearbox.

Unbelievably, the man still said he was not happy while refusing to do anything to fix the car himself. He arrogantly believed "negotiate" didn't include him. 

All the time, the man's wife, to whom he never listened and believed could never possibly be right, kept saying: "I told you it was a nail! You knew it didn't work! Why the bloody hell did you buy it in the first place? 

"Just because Beavis and Butthead wanted it? Everyone knows Beavis is educationally sub-normal and teachers have said Butthead is uneducatable!

"What in name of holy half-baked ideas did you think you were doing?

"Give the car back, get a refund and never, ever listen to either Beavis or Butthead again!"

I don't know if you recognise any of the characters in this parable or see any lessons to be learnt from it?

Do tell.

Regards,

Reg.