On the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War I wanted to write a few words.
Nothing was more poignant as when Mr Macron made a speech today about the importance of patriotism over nationalism; how one didn't equal the other. On today of all days it is important as ever to remark that taking an isolationist approach is not the way forward. Nationalism will never work, will never be the progressive direction of a country to take.
In that sense it is abundantly clear that Brexit will never work. This isolationist policy, turning our back on Europe is one of isolationism. There are those who might say, but no, it is turning towards to rest of the world. But to turn our back on our own neighbours is a wrong direction. It is because of the atrocities of war that the European Union has strove to maintain peace and harmony across the continent. Brexit is an impossible conundrum, one that will destroy the peace of the Good Friday Agreement. There is still no answer to that. The best solution is the one that we have right now. That is the one that has the best trade position, the best alignment of goods and services. I am positive that we will not destroy our country in order to pursue an ideology of nationalism.
When it comes to the crunch, then Theresa May (or "if" I should say) returns to Parliament with a deal for us to leave the European Union, it will never be as good as what we have now. Never. And if we remain indefinitely in the Customs Union then what is the good of that? We will indeed be the vassal state that Mr Rees-Mogg so often complains about. We will have left but still be bound by rules not of our own making and without the ability to strike trade deals across the world. That deal fails to work for Remainers and Brexiteers alike. The best deal we can ever get is the one that we have currently. I'm hoping that this deal, if Mrs May does indeed return to Parliament with, will be rejected outright and a People Vote will ensue.
Only this last week, the brother of Boris Johnson, Jo Johnson, on resigning from his ministerial position declared so eloquently that after two years since the Referendum vote, what was promised then is so radically different to what we are facing in reality that it would be "travesty" to not ask the British people once again whether this is really what they voted on in 2016. Undoubtedly it is not. We never voted for "vassalage" like this.
And as it is becoming abundantly clear that the dark money that funded the Leave campaign is slowly being exposed, we were lied to and cheated of our democracy. It is time that the People of this country were truly represented by democracy and voted on the detail of this so-called deal. I am confident that if that indeed happens that we will decisively vote to remain, and put this whole sorry story behind us.
So on this day of reflection, let us consider the consequences of nationalism, of the consequences of dark money, of ideologies that betray what is great about this country. I am confident that in the end Brexit will not happen; common sense will prevail and we will move forward as a more united and engaged member of the European Union.
Nothing was more poignant as when Mr Macron made a speech today about the importance of patriotism over nationalism; how one didn't equal the other. On today of all days it is important as ever to remark that taking an isolationist approach is not the way forward. Nationalism will never work, will never be the progressive direction of a country to take.
In that sense it is abundantly clear that Brexit will never work. This isolationist policy, turning our back on Europe is one of isolationism. There are those who might say, but no, it is turning towards to rest of the world. But to turn our back on our own neighbours is a wrong direction. It is because of the atrocities of war that the European Union has strove to maintain peace and harmony across the continent. Brexit is an impossible conundrum, one that will destroy the peace of the Good Friday Agreement. There is still no answer to that. The best solution is the one that we have right now. That is the one that has the best trade position, the best alignment of goods and services. I am positive that we will not destroy our country in order to pursue an ideology of nationalism.
When it comes to the crunch, then Theresa May (or "if" I should say) returns to Parliament with a deal for us to leave the European Union, it will never be as good as what we have now. Never. And if we remain indefinitely in the Customs Union then what is the good of that? We will indeed be the vassal state that Mr Rees-Mogg so often complains about. We will have left but still be bound by rules not of our own making and without the ability to strike trade deals across the world. That deal fails to work for Remainers and Brexiteers alike. The best deal we can ever get is the one that we have currently. I'm hoping that this deal, if Mrs May does indeed return to Parliament with, will be rejected outright and a People Vote will ensue.
Only this last week, the brother of Boris Johnson, Jo Johnson, on resigning from his ministerial position declared so eloquently that after two years since the Referendum vote, what was promised then is so radically different to what we are facing in reality that it would be "travesty" to not ask the British people once again whether this is really what they voted on in 2016. Undoubtedly it is not. We never voted for "vassalage" like this.
And as it is becoming abundantly clear that the dark money that funded the Leave campaign is slowly being exposed, we were lied to and cheated of our democracy. It is time that the People of this country were truly represented by democracy and voted on the detail of this so-called deal. I am confident that if that indeed happens that we will decisively vote to remain, and put this whole sorry story behind us.
So on this day of reflection, let us consider the consequences of nationalism, of the consequences of dark money, of ideologies that betray what is great about this country. I am confident that in the end Brexit will not happen; common sense will prevail and we will move forward as a more united and engaged member of the European Union.
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