According to the Brexiteers, there’s just
one week left under the oppressive yoke of Brussels rule, after which the UK
will, at last, be free to set its own course in the world. We will be free to set our own standards and
rules in a whole host of areas, constrained only by the minor inconvenience of
trying to sell our wares into markets which insist on imposing different
standards and refuse to accept anything which does not comply. That will be their problem, though, not ours –
if they don’t accept our new standards, we can refuse to sell them our goods
and services. Let’s see how they like
that!
We’ll also be free to set our own external
tariffs, which means we can abolish all tariffs on incoming goods if we wish. That will give us the advantage of buying
whatever we like, from wherever we like, at the cheapest prices available on
the world market. If the rest of the
world doesn’t follow suit and abolish their tariffs on our goods, that too will
be their problem. We can stop making the things that they want and force them to look elsewhere. Let’s see how they like that!
We’ll be free to control immigration, and
stop foreigners coming here to take advantage of our economic strength. We won’t even need to pay the cost of
introducing a points-based system: the economic result of using our freedom to
set our own standards and abolish tariffs means that they won’t even want to
come here in future. How’s that for
killing two birds with one stone!
Above all, we’ll be free of the evil and
iniquitous requirement of EU membership that the state must abide by the rule
of law. Our government will at last be
free to trample on democracy and human rights and treat people however they
want. Brexit means Brexit; the people
have spoken; the government must give them what they voted for. That’ll show the EU that we mean business!
As Fintan O'Toole suggests, the big problem with imaginary oppression
is that getting rid of it leads only to imaginary freedom.
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The biggest problem we face in the coming months is the restoration of loser consent.
Imagine if Wales had voted to retain the 'Assembly' but it was done away with anyway just to save money. Or if a pledge to protect the Welsh language on a manifesto was suddenly reversed by non-Welsh speakers once the party had secured power.
Be a bit more thoughtful about some of the comments you make. If not for yourself for the sake of others.
The idea of a “imaginary occupation” is an interesting one.
Last week Young Charles Battenberg while in Israel visited the Occupied West Bank and met with the Palestinian leadership, the Guardian and the MSM did not draw any comment to his title of “Prince of Wales “which was born of a much longer occupation and one day when mumsy pops it, he will rule his own occupied territory.
Since my school days the occupation of Wales has very successfully been hidden and masked by the Welsh flag being flow on the building of HMG in Wales in Cardiff and other government buildings and even English castles. This sends out a soft message of togetherness, even equality!!
The only flag that should fly, on these buildings, is the Union flag which would identify the “legitimacy” of the power that currently rules us.
Anon 01:14 - I'm not sure that I understand what on earth you're talking about here, let alone in what way it is relevant to the post.
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