Join together over Europe
IT is difficult to keep up with the ever-changing situation in Parliament as the politicians struggle with vote after vote in their efforts to deal with Brexit. Like the rest of us they are either Leavers or Remainers but these are far from clearly defined labels and conflicting loyalties affect their views, so the public can be forgiven for wondering if they have the best interests of our country at heart.
It is probably fair to say that most politicians want the best possible deal so that Brexit can be achieved with as little damage as possible to the economy and without causing hardship to the general population.
However, there is a hardcore of Brexiteers who would prefer us to go without a deal. Not only are they indifferent to the problems this would create (not least being the potential damage to the Good Friday Agreement) but they fail to put forward convincing advantages of ‘no deal.’ Vague talk of ‘taking back control’ will not stem the tide of foreign businesses leaving the country. Mrs Thatcher started the de-industrialisation of the country, foreign firms have been allowed to take over much of our manufacturing industry or we have given up on certain industries like the building of passenger liners in favour of financial matters. This led to London achieving world dominance in this field although this is already being chipped away as banks and finance houses re-locate their head offices in the EU or have drawn up plans to do so.
Disturbing signs of neo-fascism are evident in different parts of the world. This is a time for co-operation with our fellow Europeans, a time reconsider the whole issue of Brexit.
We all change our minds from time to time. Brexit has been discussed endlessly, we all know a lot more now, and it’s the time to draw back and think again.
Whether we like it or not we have become integrated with our European neighbours, our working lives and, indeed, in countless cases our private lives have intermingled and we have lived peacefully together for several generations since the Second World War. This is a prize beyond measure. Rod Slater, Lymm