Be grateful for UKIP and May – the EU is in crisis

“She met in private with the emergency services - a good thing to do no doubt - but she should have been there with the residents, which is what Jeremy Corbyn was” IF neighbourhood cats keep fighting, then putting them in a bag seems like a bad idea. Unless you’re an EU politician. They want to keep pulling the strings even tighter.

The EU’s much touted cause is to put a stop to conflicts in Europe. We much prefer them elsewhere, like in the Middle East.

But binding countries together in a union is surely more likely to have the opposite effect from promoting peace, just as it would with cats in a bag. Brexit has created vehemence that Europe hasn’t seen since the last Euro football cup of 2016. Will we be invited in 2020? Perhaps we could win the Commonwealth Cup?

These days countries still have different visions for Europe. Some want to unify it. Like Napoleon and Hitler did.

Some want trade and harmony but independence of various nation states. And some want to leave altogether. The problem is you can’t have all three at the same time. The EU has forced integration at each step of the way.

Brexit is the first time a country has rejected this in the only way you can – leave the union altogether.

What’s more important, the EU’s integrity or its values? Will the EU allow Britain to leave in a way that continues cooperation and openness, or will it punish us and turn its back on what it supposedly stands for?

What is the EU’s equilibrium? Does it include shared debts, a unified defence force, international taxes and an EU finance minister? If ever closer union will inherently happen, will that be with the consent of all EU countries, or just some? What proportion of voters across the EU and within each nation must agree?

The problem with the EU is that none of these questions have a stable answer. They evolve in whatever way is needed to expand EU powers.

You vote “no” to a proposed constitution, you have to vote again. You vote to leave, you will be punished. Unlike free markets, the evolution of politics is