Is it really Brexit we should fear?
Posted: 21 Jun 2016, 19:01If Remain wins the day after tomorrow, then we will remain in the EU. With a fatally divided government, a Prime Minister under fire and the EU well aware that they can say and do, almost anything they want and we'll just take it. After all, a second referendum will take at least another decade to arrange no matter what they do. And, remember, they know this and will be opening the treaties for change within this decade. They will know that they can have almost anything they want and the UK will put up with it.
All the stuff that was hidden will come out of the woodwork. Turkey deal, Switzerland referendum, Dutch intransigence over Ukraine. All the divisions that have been hidden, all the overbearing things that need to be done to "shore up" a sinking Euro, all will burst into life within either hours or days.
The last thing I want to see are millions of Brits sitting there saying "I was lied to", 3 weeks after the referendum.
I've seen this anger before. It manifested itself in the crushing defeat of the traditional parties in Scotland leaving them with a one party state for interaction with Westminster and the rest of the UK. Whilst we saw a much more balanced view in the Scottish Parliamentary elections, this divide does not exist for the UK.
Honestly if all the main parties are shown to have been lying their asses off for the whole campaign, selling stories of doom and gloom which were both overblown and, simply put, scare tactics; plus quite literally lying about what will happen in the EU if we stay..... Then voter reaction is going to be, well, volcanic.
Then the reaction, come the next election, especially in England, could be absolutely massive. UKIP could virtually sweep up every seat not solidly nailed down with a 15,000 majority or more and even a few of them too.
Do we need to fear the status quo more than launching ourselves into the unknown. Because what people think they "know" is nothing but a pack of half truths, careful lies and outright howlers. Only those who have actually done the research for themselves will know the truth and the vast majority of them are already behind Brexit.
We now have just over 48 hours to put up with the "politicking". Then it's all over. Probably for the worse no matter what we decide.
If ever there was a case of Hobson's choice, I believe this is it. In the end we'll be choosing the lesser of two evils (as they are presented).
What on earth happened to choosing for good?
All the stuff that was hidden will come out of the woodwork. Turkey deal, Switzerland referendum, Dutch intransigence over Ukraine. All the divisions that have been hidden, all the overbearing things that need to be done to "shore up" a sinking Euro, all will burst into life within either hours or days.
The last thing I want to see are millions of Brits sitting there saying "I was lied to", 3 weeks after the referendum.
I've seen this anger before. It manifested itself in the crushing defeat of the traditional parties in Scotland leaving them with a one party state for interaction with Westminster and the rest of the UK. Whilst we saw a much more balanced view in the Scottish Parliamentary elections, this divide does not exist for the UK.
Honestly if all the main parties are shown to have been lying their asses off for the whole campaign, selling stories of doom and gloom which were both overblown and, simply put, scare tactics; plus quite literally lying about what will happen in the EU if we stay..... Then voter reaction is going to be, well, volcanic.
Then the reaction, come the next election, especially in England, could be absolutely massive. UKIP could virtually sweep up every seat not solidly nailed down with a 15,000 majority or more and even a few of them too.
Do we need to fear the status quo more than launching ourselves into the unknown. Because what people think they "know" is nothing but a pack of half truths, careful lies and outright howlers. Only those who have actually done the research for themselves will know the truth and the vast majority of them are already behind Brexit.
We now have just over 48 hours to put up with the "politicking". Then it's all over. Probably for the worse no matter what we decide.
If ever there was a case of Hobson's choice, I believe this is it. In the end we'll be choosing the lesser of two evils (as they are presented).
What on earth happened to choosing for good?
