{"id":552,"date":"2019-10-05T23:42:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T22:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatrealignment.org\/?p=552"},"modified":"2019-10-05T23:42:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T22:42:04","slug":"dear-santa-i-have-been-good-if-i-cant-have-brexit-this-is-what-i-want-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatrealignment.org\/index.php\/2019\/10\/05\/dear-santa-i-have-been-good-if-i-cant-have-brexit-this-is-what-i-want-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Santa, I have been good. If I can&#8217;t have Brexit, this is what I want for Christmas."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Senior Government figures are considering a series of proposals to \u201csabotage\u201d the EU\u2019s structures if Brussels refuses to agree a new deal or let Mr Johnson deliver Brexit without one.<\/p>\n<p>Two Cabinet ministers told this newspaper that they were among those backing a more \u201caggressive\u201d approach towards Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that plans under discussion include blocking the EU\u2019s 2021-27 budget, which is due to be agreed early next year, and nominating a British commissioner who would cause disruption within their portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>Senior ministers discussed the prospect of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2019\/10\/05\/boris-johnson-sabotage-eu-forced-delay-brexit\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sending Nigel Farage, the leader of the Brexit Party, to take up the role.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Government figures are considering a series of proposals to \u201csabotage\u201d the EU\u2019s structures if Brussels refuses to agree a new deal or let Mr Johnson deliver Brexit without one. Two Cabinet ministers told this newspaper that they were among those backing a more \u201caggressive\u201d approach towards Brussels. It is understood that plans under discussion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,28,14,26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatrealignment.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatrealignment.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatrealignment.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatrealignment.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatrealignment.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/greatrealignment.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":553,"href":"https:\/\/greatrealignment.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions\/553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatrealignment.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatrealignment.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatrealignment.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}