You all had your chance to vote. You voted to leave the European Union. You will have to live with the consequences. I shall inform you that I voted to ‘Remain’. The EU is flawed, but the ideal is still something to be desired.<\/p>\n
You believed the claim that \u00a3650,000,000 a week would be available for the NHS. A shabby statistic that Nigel Farage said, within hours of the result, was a ‘mistake’.
\nYou rejected the Establishment run by the ‘Old Boy Network’ and believed Boris – with his flat cap, whippet, and hob-nailed working-man’s boots.
\nYou started a petition (2,000,000 signatures and climbing) to say that you want another shot, in case people might want to change their minds. Stupidity multiplied by insanity.
\nYou believed in ‘Independence Day’. (It’s a fictional film about aliens from outer-space. Starring Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith – neither of whom will feature on any ‘desirable immigrant list’. It is fiction.<\/p>\n
What you will probably achieve is independence from Scotland, so the English can run their own country. Good luck with that.<\/p>\n
The ‘Leave Campaign’ ran a photograph of a group of people from varied ethnic origins, with the words “These are the kind of people who will vote ‘Remain’.”<\/p>\n
Donald Trump is in favour of Britain leaving the European Union. That, in itself, is a good reason to stay.<\/p>\n
If Trump becomes US President, and Boris becomes Prime Minister of England, please do remember the words …<\/p>\n
“These kind of people.”<\/p>\n
What kind of Final Solution will the politicians come up with, this time, to deal with ‘these kind of people’?<\/p>\n
[A couple of corrections]
\nThe above figure of \u00a3650,000,000 a week, is wrong. But then, the actual figure claimed was a load of utter waffle, so it matters not a lot!
\nAnd, apparently, according to Boris, the subject of immigration had no effect on the outcome. So it is now claimed …
\nIn fact, there seems to a lot of re-interpretation going on in the Leave camp. At least one fact is certain – you can still use English gold to buy votes. Unless you happen to be playing Iceland!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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