The problem for the business and trade secretary is that she isn't nearly as bright as she thinks she is. If she were, then she would never have allowed herself to get in such a mess over the retained EU law bill in the first place. After all, it was obvious to even the dimmest half-wit that removing every piece of EU law from the statute book by the end of this year would have been a disaster.
But for a long while Badenoch and her supporters in the European Research Group - and not forgetting Rishi Sunak himself, who made it part of his leadership manifesto - clung to the idea that wrecking the economy was a symbol of national pride. A Brexit bonus worth the cost.
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