Today saw an agreement by the European Union on the rules that they expect the UK to follow during any transitional arrangement. This transition being the time straight after we nominally leave the EU in March 2019.
These rules require the UK to incur all the downsides of membership – without the UK having any form of control. Everything – free movement, unconditional acceptance of EU laws, millions in fees, no trade agreements, etc – will be just the same as when we were a member; except that the UK would have no MEPs or any say in EU decision making. A situation where the UK could be quite literally bled dry. Also a situation which means that no actual transition can happen.
In short we would become a vassal state – a puppet government controlled by Brussels. A nation totally subject to foreign control and having to pay the EU’s taxation without any representation.
On this basis the only option for the UK is to state that the start of the transitional arrangement was 29 March 2017 and that it will run for no more than two years; terminating on the same day as we leave.
Sadly our lack-lustre leaders and fifth-column elitists seem destined to continue to squabble over the carcass of Brexit – like vultures over a dead buffalo.
Back in 2016 it was pretty clear what needed to be done as quickly as possible – issue resignation letter, suspend payments until agreement reached and repeal the European Communities Act. Just look what has happened instead. Poor Britannia indeed …
With Captain Eurocrat missing from the World Economic Forum in Davos this week it became clear that the EU requires more super heroes in its times of need.
With their special powers they have the ability to erase from the minds of the plebs any inconvenient truths or hopes of independence with democracy. However these powers only last for a limited time so need to used with care …
Motion S5M-09862: Angus MacDonald, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 11/01/2018
After years of discussion and division all twenty local authorities within what is currently Yorkshire have agreed that they will establish a single devolved unit.
In the next few days the BBC are due to announce their shortlist of songs for the 2018 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Then, following the pattern of recent years, a Eurovision You Decide show will allow a public vote to select the final entry. This year the show will be on Wednesday 7 February in Brighton and makes an attempt to gain some much needed credibility through employing 2015 winner Mans Zelmerlow alongside Mel Giedroyc.
The efforts of the German politicians to reach some form of coalition deal could well be resolved today and so end months of argument. But at least the inter-party maneuvers have thrown up insights as to what will be the political agenda for Germany within the European Union. And the German agenda carries much more weight than the British one ever did – or was ever likely to.
So this week in Downing Street our Prime Minister carried out the traditional reshuffle of the table seating plan of that limited pack of Right Honorables making up her Cabinet. The spin machines claim that these changes were significant but few seem to agree. In reality the changes look pretty limited with the only obvious trend being more power to MPs who have, so far, been working against a successful exit from the European Union.