iroon.com: Quotes: If you are finding all this discomfiting, you are not alone. Somehow we have managed to produce a situation where democratically elected politicians are threatening substantial harm to their own countries as a bargaining tactic. The tactic is credible because accidents happen. At least we can comfort ourselves that long-range bombers are not involved.

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Quote from Tim Hartford, FT:

If you are finding all this discomfiting, you are not alone. Somehow we have managed to produce a situation where democratically elected politicians are threatening substantial harm to their own countries as a bargaining tactic. The tactic is credible because accidents happen. At least we can comfort ourselves that long-range bombers are not involved.

Financial Times,
Trump, May and the art of political brinkmanship
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Tim Harford
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Read the full article at:
https://www.ft.com/content/5b04f85c-140b-11e9-a581-4ff78404524e