(There is) “So much to fight for and so much to lose!” - A random
slogan I just picked out of the blue conveying an importance over “Brexit” and “More
Europe.”
The deadline for the long awaited Brexit referendum is
coming into sharper focus. The political landscape is shuffling. The armies of “Leave”
and “Stay” are rising from the ground to engage in a tremendous battle to influence destiny.
Those in Brussels and London who claim to know best, “What
is best for the people” are waking up to the real possibility that the smart
classes which guide democracy have also ideas about what is “best for the people.”
And, they differ from the troubled “Europhile Elites.” Elites, who so far have provided
Europe’s citizens with a catalogue of misjudgements, dogmatic obsessions and outright
unnecessary confrontation with Europe’s near neighbours.
They pepper their short existence as a European Union with achievements
that matter little to the lives of Europe’s citizens, such as “How they won the
Nobel prize for Peace” or “the rock-bed of free movement of people.” The fact is, neither of these, or most of any
other of their claims to justify their bloated presence, are new or inspiring
enough to surrender centuries of work building “New Democracy” in Europe.
Theoretically, closer Europe is always a good idea. But what
does that actually mean in the daily management of a continent. So far, since
the Maastricht treaty in 7th February 1992, it (E.U.) has been given
power, followed by it asking for more power and now it is demanding more power,
including an Army, (of all things) to play around with. And yet the outlook is
gloomy for this Union; a (E.U.) Union now peddling fear and uncertainty if people
consider rejecting its existence.
In London, the old divide where the south east of England
looks east while the rest of the Isles look west, outbound and global is
shaping the nature of this upcoming referendum. English Europhiles are being accused of manufacturing
a “Project Fear” over this vote; fear of the unknown and uncertainty over
leaving the unpopular E.U.
Lest we forget, Europe is shaped by countries that forged
empires and fortunes by exploring the unknown. It is just this curiosity for challenge
what makes destiny possible.
Whatever happened to the challenge of a New Europe after
1945! Did it get lost in the fuddle and the muddle of backroom shenanigans, so
often the trademark of E.U. decision making.
This vote/referendum is a vote for the challenge to shape
destiny. It will be hard to listen to
the E.U. defining challenge as leap into the unknown; as if the British are
afraid of it!
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