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Boris, Brexit, Bemusement

10/2/2019

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Regular readers will know that I write about politics from time to time. Brexit has been the subject of a number of posts over the last three years and this one reflects my astonishment at how things have evolved.

If you think in terms of a soap opera, you’d have to be a bloody creative script writer (even Danny Boyle or JK Rowling might not be imaginative enough) to come up with all the twists and turns that we have seen so far.

Prime Ministers being deposed by their own MPs, parliament uniting against the replacement, general elections being refused, long standing parliamentarians being fired by their own party, majorities surrendered, legislation being passed to restrain the PM, unlawful proroguing, the Queen being compromised, dodgy advisors, “parliament against the people” claims, inflammatory language and even groping for God sake.
     
It's like “Yes Minister” on amphetamine.

The situation we collectively find ourselves in is farcical and there needs to be some order restored.

In positioning himself as the champion of the people, I think that Boris is cunning and self-serving. Saying that he is armoured in what he does by the “will of the people” is a gross exaggeration because even though 52% of voters wanted to leave the EU, they had no idea what they were actually voting for. There was no plan in 2016, and there is only the vaguest notion of one now. Did the leave voters expect or endorse no deal? I think not.

Boris’ plan to plough on regardless is worrying and I think that the parliamentary opposition he faces is to be encouraged. Some say that the Commons is the problem, that “democracy is dead”, but my view is that the parliamentary debate is fundamental to our democracy and should be applauded.

On a continuing personal note, I have had enough of the whole Brexit shenanigans, I don’t really care if we leave or stay in the EU (though I’d prefer to stay). I am however firmly of the opinion that the British public should be advised by the government on what the implications will be for the country whatever deal is negotiated (or not) … and then asked to vote on twisting or sticking.

If another referendum or “people’s vote” endorses “leave”, but from a properly informed perspective, then we can crack on and Boris will have a chance to prove if he is really a champion of the people.

I suspect though that if things turn to shit after Brexit, Boris will absent himself, claim he did the job required of him and leave someone else with all the hard work. He’s done it before.

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