Well, You Just Lost, Then

Andrew Rawnsley whinges about whingeing.

There are two kinds of political campaign. There are successful campaigns and then there are campaigns that spend their time moaning about the other side’s campaign. When you hear the toddler’s whinge “that’s not fair” in the political playground it is a reliable indicator that someone is worried that they are losing the argument.

Okay, so what have we witnessed in the past couple of weeks, then? Well, we’ve had the French whingeing about Calais and how it will all turn to rat shit in Dover if we leave (despite this being fuck all to do with the EU). We’ve had the Germans whingeing about how they will probably invade France again if we leave (well, some apocalypse anyway), not to mention no Gruffalo. We’ve had the Guardianista whingeing  en masse for England about how life as we know it will all come to an end if we leave.

Thing is, not once have we heard anything positive from those who would have us remain, just a huge mega whinge. So, by his own metric Rawnsley has lost the argument.

So I propose a new rule for assessing which side is struggling in a political contest. If you’re whingeing, you’re losing. Let’s apply the rule to the early engagements of the referendum campaign. Who is on the front foot?

Brexit.

Who is in a defensive crouch?

The remain camp.

Which team sounds confident about its case?

Brexit.

So far all we have had from the remainders is how dreadful Brexit would be. Oh, and ad hominem attacks such as this one.

Twat!