It’s summer – well, British summer: there’s cricket and there’s Wimbledon and politics don’t really matter. Brussels and the EU seem far away, somewhere across the Channel, and who really cares for the more and more demented-looking antics of the BoJo-Hunt campaigns. If you must, you can read all about them here.
The one Brexit ‘News’ was Ann Widdecombe’s maiden speech in the EU Parliament which has made it into the online papers. If you missed the link in my comment post under yesterday’s ‘Daily Brexit Betrayal’, you can watch her here, or have a look here. That article also mentions the reaction of the permanently offended Remainers who are spluttering that she compared the EU to slave owners – how very racist!
Isn’t it funny how Remainers, Lefties in their majority, have the wonderful ability to willfully mis-hear what is actually being said. Like Victorian spinsters who spied sexual innuendo everywhere, they detect ‘racism’ in everything any Brexiteer says.
While the May Succession bandwagon is rolling on, there was a significant development which so far hasn’t attracted much attention:
“Peers last night backed a Parliamentary move to “stop Brexit”. They voted by 245 to 99, a majority of 146, in favour of setting up a joint committee of peers and MPs to examine the potential costs of a no-deal departure from the EU.” (link)
One wonders what they have been doing during the last three years! Nothing, as they hoped that Ms May would manage somehow to keep us ‘In’? Now, literally a minute before midnight, they worry about costs? Obviously, the hoary old ‘cliff edge’ had to come into it:
“Baroness Smith, the Labour leader in the Lords, tabled the motion. Opening the debate, she cited warnings from motor manufacturers, supermarket chains and the Bank of England about the potential impact on the economy of a no-deal Brexit. “We cannot accept marching towards the cliff edge without an up-to-date assessment of what lurks beyond,” she said. (link)
That must have scared the Lords present: not only that cliff edge but what is ‘lurking’ at the bottom of it – EU sharks, perhaps? Firstly, do note how many of the 800+ ‘peers’ were present and voting: 245, and 146 of them – not even 25% – were voting to thwart Brexit even now.
Secondly, see what even Brexiteer ‘peers’ think of us. This quote is from a Tory peer and Brexiteer. While his argument against this motion is sound, even he cannot help himself:
“Speaking in the debate on the motion, Lord Robathan, a Tory MP and former Minister, warned colleagues: “It is frankly a political ruse. It is designed to tie the hands of an incoming prime minister. This House is unelected, it is privileged, it is unaccountable. I think we should be very wary of trying to stop Brexit.” Pointing to the referendum result, Lord Robathan added: “I don’t think we should be prepared – and that’s the point of this motion – to tell the little people outside… ‘sorry guys you just got it wrong’. I think that would be very unwise, “If we try to thwart the will of the people we would be very, very ill-advised.” (link)
How arrogant! As one of the ‘little people outside’, I’m sure glad that nice Tory Peer is thinking of us! We’ll certainly be thinking of him and his 800 colleagues when we campaign for a proper reform of the HoL.
Meanwhile out in the sticks where we little people live there’s a by election in Brecon & Radnorshire on the 1st of August. This was necessitated because the sitting Tory MP, Chris Davies, was recalled by his constituents because he was caught with his fingers in the till (see here, for example).
This by election is crucial for two reasons. Firstly, if Mr Davies loses, the majority in the HoC for the new PM, Hunt or BoJo, will be down to three. Secondly, the Remain parties are targeting the seat in a ‘pact’ to get the Remain LibDem over the line: both Plaid Cymru (Remain) and the Greens (Remain) will not field a candidate but are set to support the Libdem:
“Plaid Cymru and the Green Party will not stand in Brecon & Radnorshire to help Jane Dodds, the Liberal Democrat leader in Wales, to secure the seat. […] Plaid, which advocates Welsh independence, will actively endorse Ms Dodds, 55. She described the pact as a “historic and courageous decision” in the interests of opposing Brexit.” (link, paywalled)
That is proof, if it were still needed, for the dissolution of our Party political system. It’s now about Leave or Remain, not about which colour rosette a candidate is wearing. This Remain coalition is quite clear about that and their aim – to stop the Tories and the Brexit Party:
“The Conservatives face a battle to hold the seat, which they took from the Lib Dems in 2015 with a majority of 5,102 that increased to 8,038 in 2017. The Lib Dems hold it in the Welsh parliament and have been targeting the constituency for months. Ms Dodds needs a swing of 9.8 per cent to win. Failure to keep the seat by the Tories could prove critical if the next prime minister faces a confidence vote. […] The Brexit Party will try to secure its first MP after narrowly missing out in Peterborough last month.” (link, paywalled)
RemainCentral published an accompanying opinion piece (paywalled), titled: “It’s time for the Brexit Party to shut up shop”. In good old ‘conservative’ fashion, the author pats TBP on its head.
He writes that, after their EUParl victory, it’s now time for TBP to go back home and let the ‘real politicians’ do their work. After all, voting for TBP would let the opponents of Tory candidates in, be they Lab, LibDem or Green:
“Having won this victory, reshaping politics, what should the Brexit Party do next? Looking at the latest YouGov polling for The Times, the answer is obvious. It should shut up shop and forget about fighting a general election. Indeed, the polling suggests there is an historic opportunity to unite the centre right in Britain if pro-Brexit voters and Conservatives who accept the referendum result join forces at a general election and vote for the same party.” (link, paywalled)
In that poll, Tories and TBP were neck-on-neck, with 24% and 23% respectively. That’s conclusive evidence for TBP to give up! Let those little people obey: ‘come back, all is forgiven – unite with us wonderful Tories and fight with us to keep out Corbyn – BoJo or Hunt will ‘deliver Brexit’ fersure, trust them and trust us’. Trust the Tories? Not [expletive deleted] likely!
Writing in the (paywalled) DT, Stewart Jackson (Chief of Staff and Special Advisor to David Davis MP during his time as Brexit Secretary) shows why we must not let ourselves be lulled into a false sense of security, why we must resist the siren songs of ‘Unity’, be they from self-serving Remain Parties or from equally self-serving, scared Tories:
“The last few weeks of ruthless and grubby horse trading for the top jobs in the EU demonstrate the hollowness of the hardcore Remainers’ claims that this supranational political entity is an exemplar of democracy and liberty. […] That is not to say the cosy club of self-referential elitists who will take the reins later this year aren’t doing a great job of destroying the even now flimsy case for the UK to stay or – heaven help us – even rejoin the EU, as it hurtles towards being a remote, sclerotic federalist behemoth. The shenanigans we’ve seen this week played out like an extended party political broadcast for the Brexit Party.” (paywalled link)
That’s what the Remainers, singly or in packs, in both Houses of Parliament and the Remain establishment, never mind the Remain MSM, simply do not understand: there is no going back to their cosy arrangements in the Westminster Bubble.
If there’s no Brexit their whole House of Cards will come crashing down round their ears. TBP ain’t going away nor will we Leavers go back home. We won’t let Remain get away with keeping us ‘In’.
We may watch cricket or Wimbledon, but we will stay vigilant and
KBO!
A video I feel we should all watch, what is happening appears to be a breakdown in law in our Country?
5th July 2019
Subject: Watch “Ex-police officer – SHOCKING revelations today outside The Old Bailey” on YouTube
https://youtu.be/-vtFubxB0hQ
BREAKING: Ex-police officer Dionne Miller – SHOCKING revelations today outside The Old Bailey, during Tommy Robinson retrial.
“The British Government wilfully allowed British children to become prey to Pakistani rape gangs.
They issued a blanket ban on investigations.”
Once again, the Great Political Realignment becomes obvious. With the ‘Remain Alliance’ teaming up to stop The Brexit Party winning in Brecon, how long before it happens on a much wider scale in a General Election?
The first thing that should happen is a ‘Leave Alliance’ between TBP and UKIP along the same lines but on the other side of the the Great Political Realignment. When will someone knock their silly heads together to realise this is necessary to get what we all want – to get out of the EU?
The Remainers are professionals with the benefit of political experts and the media vigourously pursuing every angle to discredit their opposition. While to Leavers are are sitting back in the hope that someone will deliver Brexit instead of an organised forcing the issue of the democratic will expressed in the referendum and accepted by Parliament.
I agree but I can’t help thinking Nigel Farage is not really interested in the end goal what he is doing is far more profitable
A very simple question that now goes to the heart of politics in the Western world. Who makes the law and who is expected carry responsibility for its implementation? We are all aware of America where the “democratically” elected have very little power. But no one seems to be aware that the EU system is based on the EU elite making the law while responsibility for its implementation lies solely with each individual government.
History has yet to be written on the consequences of this in regard to the recent boom/bust which the EU elite created with the free movement of money, people, goods and services where the lending institutions were allowed to create money as loans, mortgages etc with no collateral, responsibility for which was then cleverly palmed off on the taxpayers of each individual State by the TROIKA – European Commission, European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – bringing us all the goodies of austerity, bank bailouts, mountains of State debt, replacement of unionised labour with cheap imports, arbitrary extension of working hours for less pay and worse working conditions, the privatisation of public assets and services etc.
And nothing has changed?
Remainers, Lefties:
This is well known mechanism in psychology – psychological projection. It is a defence mechanism in which the human ego defends itself against unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative) by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others. For example, a person who is habitually rude may constantly accuse other people of being rude. It incorporates blame shifting.
It seems obvious that these screaming the loudest about racists, fascists, ***phobes etc. are full of these qualities.
Far from me, Viv, to defend a Tory peer, but was this not sarcasm?
Nah – I’m not inclined to give a Tory peer the benefit of doubt!
I just scrolled down to write the same thing. Without hearing the tone of the comment it is impossible to say, but to me it looks in context as though he was being ‘ironic’ – something that most of our ‘betters’ would not recognise. After all, Nigel talks about ‘we, the little people’ and no one says he is being insulting; we know what he means.
Given that Plaid Cymru and the Greens are not standing, to support the Liberal Democrats at the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election, would it not be sensible for UKIP to do the same for TBP?
There is clearly only one issue at the front of everyone’s thinking now and it may be a two horse race the Remainer establishment against the ‘little people’s’ aspirations to Leave. Whatever is said with regard to the Conservative leadership race, I for one, will never forget those Conservative MPs who voted for the WA. That is just about all of them. With that in mind would it not be a time to rally around the most likely strongest contender in the Leave camp.
This is purely a question and not meant to convey an opinion.
On the same note and for future strategy and message, should the three main parties be virulently attacked in the years to come for their antidemocratic behaviour, hopefully removing them from positions of power both in the HoC and Local Government? Also, if there is in the future a HoL, should we not campaign to remove the traitors from there too?
With regard to the new Commissioners Lagarde and Leyen is it not a case of planned incompetence demonstrating that the commissioners generally do not run the EU but that the democratic deficit is actually the democratic deceit? Leyen will not govern as she is clearly unfit not just from our perspective but from that of her own peers in Germany. As such she will be a puppet of big business and covert controllers. She has not the experience but that is not important. Juncker arguably did have the experience but again was known to have been a crony-capitalist and therefore in the pocket or pay of big business. The choice of Juncker was also appropriate as his alcoholism took away the body language and responses of a sharp and sensitive mind. We cannot be fooled he was just another puppet in this sick entity.
“Come in number 28 your time is up”!
If Leyen doesn’t have the experience to do the job, I wonder who will ‘run’ her.
I certainly agree that UKIP should not field a candidate in the upcoming by-election, but kippers should assist the Brexit Party candidate as much as possible. UKIP hasn’t a prayer of winning the seat, but the Brexit party may just win because we are not out of the EU yet and whichever Tory gets the leadership could easily rat on their promises when October 31 comes around.
the tories should also pull out