This blog doesn’t do politics, except when it does. This is one of those occasions.
I may as well use the tried and tested WWWWW formula.
What? Answer: Nobody
Knows Anything. (© the great William Goldman.) Predictions of the economic impact of Brexit
are so wildly variant as to render them about as useful as that bus you are, or
are not, about to walk under. (Oh, and it
seems our French friends have scuppered TTIP, so that card’s no longer on the
table.)
Why? The Daily Mail, of
all media, has posed this very interesting question. If Cameron is so worried about the outcome,
why did he call the referendum in the first place? Don’t hold out for an answer.
Where? The Brexit camp
is rather vociferous about our potential trading links with, let’s see: China;
South America; India … Rather less so
about Russia, Saudi Arabia, North Korea.
And presumably they’re a bit equivocal about the USA at the moment.
Who? Z has waxed
eloquent elsewhere, so I’ll just list her three Premier League names: George
Galloway; Marine le Pen; Donald Trump.
And add a few second-rankers: Boris, IDS, Govey… I could go on. They’ve even tried to rope in the Queen. But give me a list of Remainers (apart from
those under orders, obviously)? David
Attenborough isn’t enough. Mobilisation
is called for. Where are Ant and Dec
when we need them?
When? That’s a tricky
one. Will the Turkish and Armenian hordes overwhelm us? Or will the Empire rise again in Hope and
Glory? Before the next general election? O will we just muddle on, as usual? We are British, after all.
I just listed people I wouldn't choose to share airspace with. I'd shake hands with Boris et al, but not the others. Nor will I share my ballot box choice - but it's a tricky thing and, at the last, comes down to an emotional response. Do I prefer Europe to China, for example? Who are, at heart, the good guys? Outward and inward are, in this respect, quite contradictory.
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