Ten handy phrases for bluffing your way through the ‘Windsor Framework’

For amateur talking heads, the words ‘protocol’ and ‘framework’ have always been troubling. Such terms suggest muddling technical detail, constitutional complexity, and the need to actually read obscenely long and boring documents about trade. No thanks. 

Veteran bluffers know, however, that confusion creates opportunity. Recall the golden rule of political commentary – everybody is blagging all the time, so don’t hold back. The Windsor Framework comes with a thousand opportunities to sound well-informed without even having to absorb the press releases. Here’s how. 

1) ‘Sometimes politics does work’ 

The experienced waffler knows which way the wind is blowing and can gybe and tack accordingly. Today, we’re still in ‘landmark deal’ mode, which means it’s happy hour at bluffers’ bar. 

Optimism is allowed and the possibilities are endless. Refer disparagingly to ‘populism’ as something that gets in the way of progress and big up Rishi Sunak’s ‘less combative style’.