Thursday 4 April 2019

An end to Brexit games

I am prompted to write again as the metropolitan spoilt elite - (this time in the form of Andrew Adonis - a member of the un-elected House of Lords)(who by their self absorption, dismissed those outside the M25 as not counting democratically thus leading to the majority Leave vote - still argue for a re-run of the 2016 referendum in the form of "Deal" or Remain. There is a big hole in this view in that the Remain argument has already been run and it lost even though I voted to stay. So to move forward, any referendum, and there are compelling reasons not to have one, not the least of which is that it will increase divisiveness and uncertainty, should only be between whatever "Deal" is concluded or No Deal. Only in this way will we be able to see and end to this nation splitting madness. Remainers have to let go! And let us not go down the economic damage road - Cameron and Osborne effectively trashed the Treasury's competence and independence with their forecasting hyperbole. Leaving the EU will have some economic disadvantages - but anyone with some experience and common sense knows that the time horizon for such forecasts (they are not predictions) is very short. In truth you can make your own future. The research into reasons for voting Leave show predominantly it was the feeling that economically, politically and socially (Eatwell and Goodwin) an elite had cornered the market on influence and power and the majority were being ignored. Thus the EU was perceived as part of that elite (in many respects rightly so). So until this alienation has been effectively dealt with we are left in this purgatory - all the more reason to plot a way out which also properly addresses the concerns of those who are alienated!