Wednesday 27 March 2019

The Establishment have won



We are at a terrible position. Brexiteers are staring down the barrel of the gun of a terrible, capitulation as the former Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, said that we are 'surrendering control to the EU', or No Brexit. No Deal is a legal option, of course, but it will not happen as Sir Oliver Letwin et al with their leader-in-chief John Bercow, will stop it legally.

From Iain Duncan Smith, to Jacob Rees-Mogg and to Boris Johnson, Conservative MPs are switching to support this capitulation. This is mainly due to Mrs. May resigning when we legally leave at the end of May, if it is passed. We must understand how this started.

Firstly, do not forget Mrs. May is a Remainer. All five leadership contenders from 2016 support the Withdrawal Agreement. Everything went downhill from Lancaster House. We had Florence, which basically was a load of opt-ins, Mansion House, which became even weaker, then Chequers, and now the Deal. Plus we had a General Election, which should have been her downfall.

I have respect for Brexiteers, whom on principle, vote for and against this new treaty. But, those who vote in favour, are wrong. To be clear, remaining is better. We are moving from one treaty to another, and the new one is worse. Gavin Barwell thought if he gave Brexiteers control over immigration, we would leap at the chance as he thinks we are all bigots, and racists. He was wrong. However, Brexiteers who say they will continue to oppose this treaty, I will thank them. They stayed until the end.

I have to say, with regret, this new treaty will pass. A decent bulk of Labour including the highly respectable Caroline Flint, will support this, and it will be over. I will be disappointed and disappointed wholly in our political class, who have done whatever they can to give us a proper Brexit - but - the Future Relationship is still in to play for. Mark Sedwill, Mrs. May and Olly Robbins all need sacking and we should have a better negotiating team, and actually a leader. I wish for Dominic Raab, and I hope he will stand. 

The establishment has won the battle, and probably the war. The Brexiteers can win a small victory if we achieve a Brexit-supporting, freedom-loving leader for the future, but in the end, the Conservative Party will be dead to the country, and the emergence of a new political party is needed more than ever before.

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