tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post4867725091318566040..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: More fantasy from the ERGJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-16240486767877410182018-09-14T08:07:33.126+01:002018-09-14T08:07:33.126+01:00I'm not sure that it was really one of the cen...I'm not sure that it was really one of the central planks in the Leave campaign; I believe that they were merely using the issue of immigration (something about which most of the campaign leaders actually care very little) to attract the votes which they needed to achieve an entirely different objective. The result is that we have a government which is keen to 'control our borders' because it thinks that's what people voted for being faced down by Brexiteers in the governing party who don't think that border control is in any way important, and for whom breaking down borders is part of the route by which they pursue the breakup of the EU itself.<br /><br />Add to that a lack of knowledge or interest in all things Irish (to say nothing of an inherent belief that the Irish aren't really 'foreigners' at all and should submit to the Crown like the rest of us) and we have a perfect recipe for the sort of half-baked nonsense which we are seeing.<br /><br />And I suspect that even those who did think that they were voting very specifically for 'control of our borders' thought that that was all about the movement of people, not goods and services; and only 'foreign' people at that - it was never expected that it would prevent or impair the movement of British people, who are, as we know, unique and special.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-42554836239383430152018-09-13T12:22:05.545+01:002018-09-13T12:22:05.545+01:00One of the central planks in the Leave campaign wa...One of the central planks in the Leave campaign was ..<br /><br />"We need to protect our borders." What they meant of course was well-monitored borders to keep out immigrants, foreigners, asylum seekers, etc, etc.<br /><br />Why is no-one challenging these shysters on this 180 degree about turn ??<br /><br />They were wrong two years ago. They are wrong now.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com