Don’t let the truth get in way of Brexit
When it comes to Brexit, I’m with Michael Gove when he said ‘people have had enough of experts’.
It’s why I have my hair cut by the apprentices at the butchers and seek advice from my florist’s dog when ill.
Don’t want the so-called ‘experts’ mucking about with my barnet or prescribing medicines for my ailments.
It’s also why I take Nissan’s flimsy ‘Brexit uncertainty’ line for contributing to its Uturn on building the X-Trail in Sunderland for the tissue of whoppers that it most clearly is.
What does a global motor manufacturer exporting cars throughout Europe from the UK know about EU trading?
Of course they’re going to blame Brexit for their poor business acumen.
I’m with the keyboard warriors who said Nissan can go, “we’ll build the cars ourselves.” Too right. Can’t be that difficult. Four wheels, engine, windscreen wipers, a few nuts and bolts and Bob’s you’re uncle.
In fairness to Michael Gove, he wasn’t referring to all experts when he made his infamous quote, only those who disagreed with his point of view.
Personally, I’d have been happy to leave the future of our involvement in the EU to the experts. Unfortunately, the foremost expert on the European Union was given only one vote in the referendum. And that expert’s vote was cancelled out by a man who has devoted his life to collecting garden gnomes. It’s called democracy. And it’s what got Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawcsynski elected to Parliament.
He’s an outspoken Brexiteer who tweeted this week about how we should get a better deal from Europe because we liberated it during the war.
He tweeted: “Britain helped to liberate half of Europe. She mortgaged herself up to eye balls in process. No Marshall Plan for us only for Germany. Watch the way ungrateful EU treats us now. We will remember.”
Using the war is never a good point to start an argument about he EU. For a start, why should Germany be grateful? We bombed it.
What is interesting is that Mr Kawcsynski was factually incorrect in his mention of the Marshall Plan. Yes, Germany benefitted from the aid, but not as much as Britain.
In fact, Britain was the single largest recipient of the funds. Out of a total of nigh on$13billion, Britain received $2.7billion – a third more than West Germany which received $1.7billion. A number of experts in the field of history and others who simply looked it up on Google, pointed out to the MP the error of his ways.
And with due respect to truth and honesty, he publicly refused to apologise or delete his tweet.
He said: “There are many people in this country who want to whitewash the sacrifice that Britain has made over generations for Europe.”
Yes, people fought and died for Mr Kawcsynski’s right to lie through his teeth and refuse to apologise.
Who needs experts?