“Never give in”
Brexit is being ground into dust, stuck between a rock (the EU) and a hard place (Ms May). Today, we were supposed to have left the EU for a second time. Instead we’re still ‘In’ because of the unimaginable intransigence of the Remainers, from Whitehell down to Ms May and most of her cabinet to Labour and the other remain opposition parties, and from that German Mr Selmayer down to Messrs Barnier, Tusk and Juncker to the two Ms, Macron and Merkel and the rest of the EU ‘leaders’.
The ‘choice’ presented by the EU and Ms May is: vote for the BRINO WA Bill or remain in the EU by revoking Article 50. To make it look “democratic”, there’s the sly ‘offer’ of a 2nd referendum because, according to good old EU custom, people simply will have to vote until the result is correct.
At the moment, the possibility of a 2nd referendum is not openly talked about because the ‘strategists’ in LabCon and the EU are waiting for the result of the EU elections in May which will indicate how we might vote in a 2nd referendum. The Express reports on a recent poll:
“A new Open Europe poll conducted by Hanbury Strategy of 2,000 people from April 5-8 has revealed Labour could could dominate the European elections and build a huge lead over their rivals.”
We all know by now what Labour, what Corbyn wants – like the EU, ‘people’s votes’ are welcome as long as they support the desired outcome. And we can well imagine that such outcome – Remain in the EU and a Labour government – is the one Whitehell desires and will support with their considerable might, aided and abetted by the Remain MSM.
Yesterday, Whitehell was the last Remain entity to have dropped their mask. We learned that the head of the Civil Service instructed all departments to stop their planning for a No Deal Brexit immediately (here, and paywalled here). Of course the appeasing noises followed immediately:
“Mark Sedwill, the Cabinet Secretary, told the civil service to “wind down” worst-case scenario no-deal planning after the European Union imposed a further six-month Brexit delay on Theresa May. […] A Government source said that while Operation Yellowhammer, which involves “doomsday” contingencies for a no-deal Brexit, is being wound down other plans remain in place.”
The real power – the Remain Mandarins – have now openly shown the White Flag of surrender to the EU: ‘we have abandoned No Deal’. You can be certain that this ‘leak’ was sanctioned by the top Mandarins!
Also yesterday Ms May ‘presented’ her EU-Deal to Parliament – more on that below – and since she has now nothing to worry about – no apparent moves to oust her, no ‘indicative’ votes, no preparations except for that EU election which might not even happen – Parliament was allowed to go for the Easter Break from today:
“The six-month delay agreed at the summit means that MPs, ministers and the various party leaderships are no longer under pressure to find a resolution. MPs do not have to return to Westminster until Tuesday April 23.” (paywalled link).
Ms May and Mr Corbyn however will continue their ‘talks’ about how best to thwart the will of us Brexit voters:
“Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn agreed last night to press on with Brexit talks as the prime minister spelt out a new route to reaching a deal in the Commons. The party leaders held a short meeting in parliament after Mrs May updated MPs on the latest Brexit delay. In notably warmer exchanges she suggested that the two sides were closer than many realised on the key issue of the customs union while Mr Corbyn did not repeat a previous claim that she was refusing to move from her “red lines”. (paywalled link)
Now that is truly scary! It reveals the juggernaut rolling forward to crush Brexit. More:
“The prime minister said that making Brexit happen was going to require a change of approach. She acknowledged that reaching agreement with Labour “will not be easy” but said it was in the “national interest” that they should try. “This is not the normal way of British politics and it is uncomfortable for many in both the government and opposition parties,” she said. (paywalled link)
Of course, the ‘Brexit’ May is trying to ‘make happen’ is her unmovable BRINO WA. Well, if Labour and Tory MPs can be forced to swallow this ‘uncomfortable’ pill, then surely we, the people , can be made to do so as well, ‘in the national interest’ as defined by Ms May, Whitehell and the EU!
The signs are that a 2nd referendum might, in the end, be the quid-pro-quo offered to Labour for pushing May’s WA through:
“Mr Cox told the House of Commons that the Government was willing to “listen” to calls for another public vote. […] “And of course we will listen to any suggestions that are made, whether it be about a second referendum or any other matter, to see if we can find common ground in the interest of the country to leave the European Union as swiftly as possible.” (link, paywalled)
Ms May is now convinced that she has the Brexiteers in her own Party on the run. Her performance yesterday, smirking and laughing when answering them (make that: ‘flapping about’!) was … indicative.
Here are links to video clips I urge you to watch, especially the speech by Sir Bill Cash (here), but also the speeches by Kate Hoey (here) and by the other staunch Tory Brexiteers Steve Baker (here), Mark Francois (here) and John Baron (here) – and observe how Ms May answers them.
Most importantly, watch the speech by Nigel Dodds (DUP) here. We know that Ms May’s government will fall should the DUP withdraw their ‘confidence and supply agreement’. This agreement is up for revision at the end of each parliamentary session, i.e. in July this year. It is not tied to Ms May being the PM:
“The prime minister [..] was put on notice by her supposed allies in the Democratic Unionist Party that the clock was running down on the deal under which they prop up her government. Arlene Foster, the DUP leader, would not say whether she had confidence in the prime minister. “The confidence and supply agreement we signed is with the Conservative Party and whoever the leader of that party is we will work with,” Mrs Foster said […].(paywalled link).
Interestingly, we read in that same (paywalled) article :
“DUP chiefs have held private talks with Boris Johnson and his Tory leadership campaign team as Theresa May faces repeated challenges to her dwindling authority.”
Might this be a pointer that ‘forces en coulisse’ in the Tory Party are quietly going ahead with their plots of toppling May? Interestingly, certain ‘candidates’ have become very quiet all of a sudden while Jacob Rees-Mogg (here) denied any involvement in toppling Ms May.
Make of that what you will – personally I won’t hold my breath: I’ll believe she’s gone when I see the furniture vans arrive at 10 Downing Street!
Let’s hope that Tory MPs, faced with the increasing anger of their constituents, will take action during this break, even if it’s just to save their own skins.
That means that we peasants have another opportunity to tell our constituency MPs precisely what we demand from them. Relentlessly. We’ll present them with our first bill’, the reckoning for their Brexit Betrayal, at the Local Elections, now just over three weeks away.
I leave you with this video, to help you channel your ‘inner Churchill’:
I fear that if you are going to give your vote to the Brexit Party You might as well vote Conservative , because that is what you will get under another name
Come on Robert as far as I am concerned this is for the EU elections only and in my estimation it is incumbent on all 17.4 million remainders to ensure that there will be as few as possible legacy remain members of this street wise grass roots rebels we will be sending to Brussels dedicated to causing the maximum disruption to this evil body who have conspired with the connivance of our depraved lot to deprive us of a COMPLETE/TOTAL
It’s REVENGE time and we can do it if we UNITE on this one issue and it must be with the father of Brexit —Nigel who has the nous and charisma to show us the way.
IncIdentally further to my little joke about JRM being willing to sell his grannie and sent his sister instead; would sending a sister Mogg be akin to casting a total smogg over the whole business?
Yippee Nigel’s got a Mogg!!
Gives a whole new meaning to “he would sell his grannie” doesn’t’ it?
Conservative Home is full of very unhappy Leavers.
Several. Cons. Associations have passed the same (or similar) motion demanding immediate Leave – and on WTO terms.
There are plenty of reports of local activists “on strike” for the Local Elections.
With enough local pressure, hopefully enough MPs will revise their position on “No Deal” / WTO.
So a suggestion ……. ensure we specify “which” Tories we are slagging off.
Doncha just love politicians. Farage condemns UKIP as ‘far-right’ having himself spent years saying things which count as that in the current climate. In fact any deviation from PC does.
He’s back inside with the rest of them looking out of the Overton Window at Ukip and giving them the finger.
So, Farage is going to beat them by joining them? By speaking their language? Interesting approach.
We in UKIP want our country back. We’re not wrong. We’re correct.
After all it IS our country and nobody else’s.
A thought occurred to me. With all the twists and turns of this sad, sorry and perhaps sordid Brexit means ??? saga it occurred to me that on a lot of occasions of late we were left wondering what would happen next while being aware that the EU gang, and here I’m referring to its members on both sides of the channel, knew exactly what was going to happen next because they were the ones making it happen and hence would also have known whether the Euro and Pound would go up or down compared with the US Dollar.
Kaaching?
We basically have a rogue government, a rogue parliament and a rogue civil service. The 1689 Bill of Rights shared power between the Monarchy, the Aristocracy and the Parliament but the Queen might as well not be there and the Lords have been totally neutered by Blair’s swamping them with party placemen. Now they have dared to get away with ignoring the Referendum what’s to stop them ignoring elections too? It’s very worrying. We will just have to hope that enough people vote for the new smaller parties (if Remain then CHUK, if Leave then Ukip). The Brexit Party seems to be just for the EU elections but could do very well in those.
For the locals it would be Remain vote LibDem, Leave vote Ukip or Independent.
I suspect that within a year or two if we do not achieve ,”Leave”, then the EU cabal will ensure that the British Parliament as we know it will not exist , there will be just a coterie of powerless placemen with even less influence than they have now….In fact very similar to the EU parliament that operates at present
If we have a second referendum, I’d be tempted to vote to Remain rather than Mrs May’s Withdrawal Agreement on the grounds that if we adopt the WA, we’ll be trapped forever in the EU, but if we Remain we can eventually have another shot at leaving when we have a Leaver PM.
A bitter pill to swallow.
But “He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.”
🙂
Please note
We have 6 months ( maybe )
Put down some marker dates and achievement aims. Such as about readyness and dates and plans, organising, agreements, temporary powers, strategy, tactics. Selling UKIP again without losing existing support.. etc. and other action suggested and options.
If we persist in more of same old same old :- subcontract out., etc etc This is sometimes referred to as aPLAN. Give it a name ifyou must
Phoenix, leviathon, rebirth,leave 2, resurge, whatever if you want
6 months is ample time
Start now
The Brexit Party will officially launch today at 11 am and will be livestreamed…
https://www.facebook.com/brexitpartyuk/photos/a.271166190434819/272110440340394/?type=3&theater
As an early signed-up supporter, activist, candidate applicant – I was sent an invitation to this – but it was sold out in the first hour….
You might find this interesting too: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1113219/Brexit-news-Nigel-Farage-Brexit-Party-EU-election-2019-Ukip-leave-EU-latest-update
I have a deep mistrust of Farage but would vote for his party if it seems to offer the best prospect for giving government a bloody nose. The problem with GB’s alliance with TR was the timing; many in the country still cannot see the real threat that we face from the growth of Islam. That is a battle that should have been engaged post-Brexit but still a very necessary one.
I read that Farage is planning a raft of Muslim candidates for the EU elections, that’ll probably go down like a lead balloon in many areas….as it does with me. UKIP will always get my first choice on a PR election.
I will never vote for a Muslim; they should never have been given the vote in the first place, never mind British nationality when the alternative “indefinite leave to remain” would have been a better option. Allowing them to stand for election just compounds that error.
It also seems that any idea of cooperation to avoid splitting the vote is off the table following GB’s comments today:
“The Brexit Party is, in my opinion, nothing more than an establishment and Tory party safety valve. Its purpose is to divert votes from UKIP. UKIP represents a real political domestic threat, whereas the Brexit Party does not.
UKIP is a real political party; the Brexit Party is not. If anyone wants a real unilateral and unconditional withdrawal from the EU, then they must vote UKIP.”
Of course Farage is as bad or worse with his continung slagging off UKIP and his lies. Perhaps some heads need banging together to instil some common sense.
PLEASE can we stop with the People’s Front of Judea vs Judea People’s Front civil war !
With the Euro-elections being PR, we can live with 2 flavours of Leave … maybe even get more votes/MEPs in aggregate.
Seems to me that the ‘Pratfall of Clowns’ are now planning their next sleight of hand more lies and more delay. The regional press with a story this morning on how three Conservative M.P’s have supported the May agreement three times now and how we would have left on March 29th if people had not been so intransigent! But they are ‘hopeful’ of course that we will leave before the end of October.
More delay then so you can forget all about Brexit and all you ‘little people’ can carry on enjoy the summer weather just leave it all to your very ‘experienced politicians and business people’ , have a nice summer settle down and then we can get back to more troughing, at your expense of course.
Oh! And don’t bother us with questions on how we have trashed democracy, conspired to break the law, given the British Military to the e.u and above all don’t ask us about our attack on free speech , the coming financial crash or our preferred option of dealing with that , conflict with Russia/Iran/China.
Just look around and see what a wonderful job we have done for you looking after the local infrastructure, the jobs we have created, the controls on local planing, the local NHS, local crime rates and the shambles that is local government , don’t ask us, we are just following the instructions and diktats given us from central office and the e.u. it’s not our fault it’s your intransigence.
We are all seeing and know everything, we are the ‘Friends’ generation and you haven’t seen anything yet.
These people couldn’t negotiate the skin off a rice pudding even if they wanted to. They have broken every rule in the book, deliberately it now seems.
We must give them the metaphorical finger at the coming local and EU elections to avoid a far more serious conflict. They are disgusting and openly treasonous beyond belief.