Whether you agree
with the outcome or not, whether you think it’s fair or not, we are
now in a position wherein the majority of those who voted in England,
have decided the United Kingdom should no longer be apart of the EU.
As the Prime
Minister falls on his sword, the people fight amongst themselves; all
the while the markets drop faster than a decent pill, the Tories
continue their battle royale for supreme leader, and the Labour party
decide to up the infighting and go for all out mutiny. (And never
forgetting to mention the other half of this arrangement...the EU)
Like one of those old couples that threaten to leave each other until
they day they die, they’re both shocked when the divorce papers
actually arrive.
Yes, the referendum
itself may not be legally binding, and Article 50 of the Lisbon
treaty needs to be invoked in order to start proceedings, but we
can’t go on thinking there’s a prolonged timetable on the matter.
The heads of the EU want our heads gone as quickly as possible. It
isn’t likely to be a mercy killing – it’s not in the best
interests of the key players to make it painless – we must serve as
an example to other nation states: our estranged partner may not want
us to talk about where we went wrong, as we slowly pack up our things
and decides who gets what. They may just prefer to dump our shit on
the street and be done with it.
What’s even more
sinister about the entire thing is David Cameron never wanted a
referendum – despite his claims of being Eurosceptic a public vote
on membership was not something he wanted. Just as he never wished to
go down as the Prime Minister who destroyed the Union, he similarly
did not want to go down as the Prime Minister who took us from the
EU. Claiming to campaign for a Brexit if renegotiations over
membership had failed, to claiming that a Brexit would trigger WWIII,
we see either Duplicitous Dave, or a myopic statesman.
Euroscepticism has
long been a thorn in the side of the Conservative Party, and often
used as either a way to score political points, or used as a plastic
carrot and wooden stick. So
while the leader of the Tories pads out his premiership by
using Europe as a bargaining chip, he fashions his own noose, while
Bungling Boris plays along –
again another politician
using a situation of huge importance to further their own political
gain. By playing up to the
Eurosceptics of the party, he carves himself a well of political
capital – support the Leave campaigners, and the leave campaigners
will support you.
Strange,
that a former Mayor of London, who is by no means ignorant to the
importance of the City, should choose
lead a campaign that could cause so much damage and disruption –
and yet, when the verdict is announced, he says there is no reason to
hurry into anything, except
the resignation of his dear friend, Dave. (Because it’s not hugely
guarded secret that Boris has always had his eyes on a seat in
Downing Street)
Of
course, if Boris were to ascend to supreme leader, there is little
doubt he could win a general election- personality politics would
naturally kick in, and right
now there isn’t anyone on the left that comes close a match.
But
that’s irrelevant, if he
were to be elected as Prime
Minister, there’s always the very real possibility that he
couldn’t lead a government. Will pro-European Tories support him?
How many little Swiss army
knives has he stuck over the years?
Could a leading figure of the Brexit campaign, whose political
machinations are no state
secret, unite the divided
party and command enough loyalty to govern with stability?
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