Would you go to Court, knowing that the Supreme Court of that country had just decided on the same matter of law, on analoagous facts, against you.
Would you change your game plan if you knew that what your planned was almost certain of leading to defeat. You would not repeat the same game plan that had failed recently or when you knew the scouts for the team you face were watching.
You need to let your pride step back and find out what winning arguments are best to put forward to the Court. You would be wise to speak to those who have been before that Court and won and learned what lands well. Rather listen to the few who have won than the long litany of those who have gone into Court and lost.
If you wanted to win a game, you’d use a coach who had a track record of winning, or who knew how to play the defensive move you needed to play. You’d put aside your personal pride and co-opt the lessons from those who have gone before you and won.
So it is with lobbying, wheter for legislative matters or regulatory decisions.
You’d not throw the dice wildly thinking you could win just because “you knew in your heart of hearts that you were right”.
You’d not listen to the crowd behind you do what they thought was right, even though their calls for their reason to be co-opted had never been answered by anyone other than the likes of Roger Helmer MEP.
Pride steps in 9 times of 10. Too often people fail to flip certain defeat away because to do so would be to admit to themsleves that their world view is not aligned with reality. If you embrace political realtiy, the right path is easy to follow. Walking away from defeat is reward in itself.