By Willie Drennan
I was invited to
participate on a panel discussion for Sky TV News this morning at
9.30am. There were four of us on the panel for a 10 minute slot. It
was short and a bit frantic: probably the way TV news is meant to work, but I was disappointed that I didn't get to
make some important points. So I am going to express them here
instead: in bold.
In advance of the show, Sky asked me what I thought of 'No Deal,
'Withdrawal Agreement' and 'The People's Vote'.
If I had had the
opportunity I would have expressed my concerns about all this
terminology.
The so-called No Deal has negative connotations and allows for some to interpret leaving the EU under WTO terms as crashing out of the EU.
The so-called No Deal has negative connotations and allows for some to interpret leaving the EU under WTO terms as crashing out of the EU.
No
Deal however is exactly the same thing as the Leave the EU option
that was on the ballot paper in the referendum: the option that the
majority of the people in the United Kingdom, of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, voted for.
Once
we leave the EU, for real, the deals with the EU and the rest of the
whole wide world will automatically follow.
I did
get to talk a little bit about Theresa's Deal,(the Withdrawal Agreement) but here it
is with more detail.
The
so-called Withdrawal Agreement, was actually just an in-house agreement between the
EU and their devotees who currently control the British
Establishment: the British establishment that is currently part and
parcel of the EU Establishment. They are all up to their oxters in the one big Brussels trough of abundance.
It
is NOT an agreement between the EU and the people of the UK. It is
not Brexit in any shape or form. It allows the European Court of
Justice to interfere in the internal affairs of the UK indefinitely.
The Irish Backstop keeps part of the UK in the EU's Single Market
and under it's laws indefinitely.
My
attempts to explain why there was absolutely no need for a Hard
Border and that it was just a ploy to obstruct Brexit were met with a seemingly synced chorus of disapproval from the two Remainer panelists and the
presenter. Nothing new there.
And I
was disappointed that I didn't get a chance to voice my opinion on
the so-called People's Vote.
The
Peoples Vote is something else - it is a classic example of
Orwellian Doublethink, and Newspeak (Doublespeak if you like).
We, The People, already voted in 2016. And in the General Election of 2017 we, The People, instructed our elected representatives to just get on with their job: of implementing the democratic wish of The People.
We, The People, already voted in 2016. And in the General Election of 2017 we, The People, instructed our elected representatives to just get on with their job: of implementing the democratic wish of The People.
If
there is a 2nd Referendum (People's Vote) before the
result of first one is implemented then democracy, as we know it, will be seriously undermined. Several people have said to me, “what
would be the point of voting ever again?”
I did
get to say a little bit about why I voted Leave. But here it is in
full.
It was primarily about
independence, about freedom: about the United Kingdom being free of
the shackles of EU rules and regulations – getting out of their
Single Market and their Customs Union.
It was about no longer
being under the control of the European Court of Justice.
It was about democracy
as I understand it. It was about being able to hold our elected
representatives to account in a proper democracy.
It was about being free
to manage and develop our economy
and being free to
establish new trade arrangements with nations across the world,
including the EU.
It was about regaining
control of our fishing grounds, reviving our seafood processing
industry and being able to develop a sustainable programme to
preserve the fishing industry for future generations.
It was about being able
to develop a sustainable immigration strategy to suit the needs of
our economy.
I
would have loved to have been able to talk about the fact that an
Irish Border Poll would now be the exact same thing as a 2nd
EU Referendum. It used to the case that a Border Poll would have
been about the possibility of Northern Ireland leaving the UK to
become part of an independent united Ireland that was controlled from Dublin.
But that's not possible now as the Republic of Ireland is currently
controlled by Brussels and Berlin..
I would have loved the opportunity to talk about how Irexit is gaining momentum down south.
Oh
Well! I'm not sure how many people watch television at 9.30 in the
morning anyway?
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