Thursday 18 October 2018

Remainiacs are a Danger to Britain


Below is the text of a letter sent to The Independent on 15th September 2018. Needless to say it was not published by the paper!

"Dear Sir, 
         Andrew Grice repeats again (May has outmanoeuvred the hard
Brexiteers at last - 15th September 2018) the falsehood that the
electorate was misled and duped in the 2016 referendum. Quite apart
from the astonishing arrogance (intellectual and otherwise) of that
assertion many will recall the very well publicised anti Brexit
statements of the then Prime Minister and Chancellor and all that stuff
from HMG that came through the letter box. Of course such a narrative
as given in the piece fits the Independent's view that there should be
a vote on the terms of any agreement. However to have another vote
would just ensure that this period of uncertainty instead of lasting a
couple of years could stretch into a decade or more! This is what I
hear - talking to people - get it done and honour genuinely the
referendum result. By the way I voted Remain."

I think it is about time for some straight talking and an end to being messed about.
1) The EU's international status in law is problematical (see House of Lords Report and detail in Lisbon Treaty. So the UK should not be feared of threats of legal action. Moreover the lack of trust is two way - see the likely theft of UK intellectual property in relation to Project Galileo and corridor talk in Brussels that the price of Brexit is Northern Ireland!
2) The Northern Ireland Border is a contrived problem and Vradaker will rue the day he shook up Pandora's Box. Many technological solutions exist but spineless Remainiacs refuse to see them. In any event the blind eye for small amounts of trade worked for decades after partition!
3) The Prime Minister must be the worst negotiator ever. The correct response to a possible extension of the Implementation period would be to say ok but no more money and the backstop has the same end date.
4) Keep on telling them (EU) that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed (These are the EU's words in their original negotiating position) and this includes security co-operation.
5) Business dislikes uncertainty but that is normal. However business adapts,adjusts and moves on. Britain should do the same. Ever since Maastricht the establishment has only talked behind closed doors about European federalism. However the majority of the British public have seen through this as a device which did not benefit them economically nor politically. Career politicians, corporatist businesses and actual or quasi bureaucrats (such as Pressure Groups, Lobbyists and so called Think Tanks). have been the beneficiaries - that is why they are screaming so much now with exaggerated and unknowable economic guesses.