EU must realise that UK means business
THE tone from the radio announcers was grave. We were facing a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions. Things had seldom looked so bad for GB plc.
When steam stopped escaping from the radio, it emerged that PM Johnson had decided to bring this two-year parliamentary session to an end. He has, in the process, been accused of all sorts of chicanery, an “enemy of democracy”, etc by people who feel they have been outmanoeuvred, and in their eyes that should never happen. They like to think that is their prerogative.
In 2016 a majority of voters voted to leave the EU. It was clearly stated at the time that their decision would be implemented. Many opinions have been expressed as to why this happened but the result certainly laid bare the growing divide between those who had “made it” and those who had been “left behind”.
Since then, there has been a concerted effort by those who never accepted the result to overturn it. People are entitled to their opinions, but have some in this country “lost” it completely?
When we hear senior, established politicians talking about “taking over the streets” or “we are going to the Palace and tell them we are taking over” I thought dialogue like that only belonged in “Viva Zapata” films.
The EU leaders are not villains and are certainly not daft. But they have to be convinced that the UK means business, otherwise they can string things out until the UK gets tired and forgets the whole affair, which I suspect is the intention. “No-one voted for No Deal?” They couldn’t, it wasn’t on the ballot paper.
I do hope that things will cool down and we can all get on with problems that are badly in need of attention.