A week ago we commemorated the 100th
anniversary of the ending of the First World War. Theresa May laid wreaths on
the graves of those who had defended the freedom and democracy of our country
while knowing that she intended to surrender both of them. For this alone she
must go.
No free, democratic country that has not already
been defeated in warfare would sign a legal treaty in which it agreed to obey
the laws of a foreign power without any say in their formulation and that this
arrangement would continue until that foreign power agreed that it would cease.
It is just this that we fought to avoid in 1914 and 1939. For this reason
Theresa May and those others who have been responsible for formulating this
treaty have betrayed not merely those of us who voted to leave the EU in 2016,
they have betrayed more importantly everyone in British history who fought to
establish the democracy in which we live.
We were willing in 1914 to sacrifice the lives of a
generation in order to defend Belgium neutrality.
We were willing in 1939 to go to war to defend
Polish freedom.
In both cases we could have remained neutral, but we
decided to fight for a principle and because it is the British way to stand up
to bullies. Now once more we have to stand up to defend a principle, only this
time we won’t have to fight anyone.
No-one knows for sure what exactly would happen in
the event of a “no-deal” Brexit. I have read speculations that vary from it
being relatively straightforward to it being relatively difficult. But in any
event it would be worth it.
Markets crashed in 1914 and our trade with the rest
of the world was hindered by the fact that U-boats fired torpedoes at our
merchant fleet. Nothing as bad as that would happen in 2019. From 1940 onwards
British trade with the continent all but ceased, but we were able to dig for
victory. Nothing nearly as bad as that will happen in 2019. The worst that will
happen is that we will trade with the EU in exactly the same way that we at
present trade with the USA. There may be some traffic jams in Kent, there may
be some short term shortages, but surely Britain can still take it.
What is to be done?
1. Get rid of Theresa May.
2. Appoint a new Tory leader quickly. Get us David
Davis in a week. Give him the job for a year. Have a full blown leadership
contest then.
3. Apologise to the DUP and the people of Northern
Ireland. Make clear that Belfast is as British as Bognor Regis and that no UK
Government will ever treat it differently.
4. Remind the EU that we have not been defeated and
that we reject their deal. Announce that
we are leaving in March without a deal.
5. Sack Philip Hammond and appoint a Chancellor who
is willing to spend any amount of money to ease the British economy through the
transition and to deal with any economic shocks.
6. Remind Parliament that it has already agreed to
Article 50 and that the Government intends to stick to the Brexit timetable
come what may.
7. Inform the Republic of Ireland that we will
impose no border checks, but that the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement cannot be used
as a means to annex UK territory, for which reason we renounce it. Furthermore
we are no longer interested in having the Republic of Ireland in the Common
Travel Area or giving its citizens any more rights with regard to the UK than
those from Japan. In future we will treat any Republic of Irish claims to
Northern Ireland as being equivalent to Russian claims to the Crimea. It doesn’t
matter how the people in Crimea vote, they are still in Ukraine. If the Irish
Republic chooses once more to take advantage of terrorism to further its
foreign policy aims then we will respond as we always do to terrorists and
their sympathisers.
8. Inform the EU that UK armed forces will only be
used to defend our territory and they will under no circumstances serve abroad.
9. Attempt to arrange a new security structure
involving UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand as these are our true
allies and friends.
10. Make Britain the easiest and cheapest place in
Europe to do business. Undercut every EU nation in corporate taxes and offer
free trade deals to anyone and everyone willing to reciprocate. Get rid of EU bureaucracy
in order to outcompete them. Make them regret every sentence of the deal they
wanted to humiliate us with.
I will never vote for a Conservative Party that is
led by Theresa May and if we leave the EU on the terms that she has put forward
I may never vote again. There isn’t much point voting when you’ve lost your
freedom and your democracy.
