Brexit: To be or not to be

Brexit: To be or not to be

The crisis that arose out of an impossibility is reaching a new climax. You cannot be and not be at the same time. You cannot be out of the EU and in the EU at the same time.

Brexiteers want an all out which is the real OUT and not the fake OUT proposed by Remainers that want to stay in by pretending that being out can be also mean to be in.

If you stay in the Common Market, if you stay in the Customs Union, you cannot possibly be out. If the price to stay in the Common Market and in the Customs Union is to continue following EU Rules, you cannot possibly be out. Out must mean out. Out means total freedom. Partial out means becoming a colony of the EU. 

What will happen to Prime Minister Theresa May? Well, there are several possible outcomes. She can manipulate the Conservative Party but has to also be able to persuade the Opposition for a deal with EU to be approved by the House of Commons. She could face a leadership challenge and fail to get enough support or she could face a leadership challenge and be removed from office. She could face a vote of No Confidence in the House of Commons and this would mean that the Conservative will have to choose a successor. Some mention the possibility of an advanced General Election but we must remember that the Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition that took office in 2010 change the way General Elections are called and created the concept of Fixed Term Parliament. Legislation would have to be approved in the House of Commons to be able to call an advanced General Election. Are there enough votes in the House of Commons to call an advanced General Election?

Angela Merkel stated this evening that there won't be any other deal, thus closing the door to any negotiation. Therefore, for the British Parliament, this is case of 'take it or leave it'. If the House of Commons rejects the deal presented by Theresa May and supported by EU, there is not going to be any deal. Remainers keep fantasising about a new deal that is not actually on the cards because EU has already rejected the possibility of any other deal.

EU is profoundly anti-democratic. EU is run by what we could call Democratic Centralism - the way the Communist Party operated in the Soviet Union = Decisions taken inside a cabinet in total secrecy without any Parliamentary scrutiny. Britain is a Parliamentary Democracy and Brexit means being a Parliamentary Democracy. Having Brexit means maintaining the democratic way of life. If you are given the choice between being in a Parliamentary Democracy or in a Soviet Democratic Centralism, what would you choose?

 

  

President Macron: Are Americans the enemy of France?

Charles de Gaulle

President Macron: Are Americans the enemy of France?

A few days ago, President Trump visited France for the commemoration of the end of World War One. In two wars, in World War One and World War Two, the end for France would have been dramatically different if thousands of Americans had not lost their lives trying to save France.

Here we have a French President talking about the creation of EU Armed Forces to fight against 'USA, Russia and China'. The hysteria is such that Angela Merkel that also supports the idea of the creation of 'true, real, EU Armed Forces' had to explicitly say in the Bundestag that the creation of EU Armed Forces was not walking away from NATO or undermining NATO. Well, if the Germany Chancellor has to publicly say that it is not about undermining NATO then there is the implicit aim of undermining NATO 'by taking our defence in our own hands'. What next?

For decades, the USA has been offering to the Common Market, then to the European Community and now to the European Union very advantageous trade deals. Now, it is the time for the USA to ask for reciprocity but the EU doesn't want reciprocity. The EU wants to maintain its advantages not just against the USA but against the rest of the World. When an EU made car enters USA such export is taxed several times less than the US made car when it enters the EU. Is this fair? No, it isn't. Much of the spiteful approach of several EU governments against the USA is based on the fact that USA is asking for a fair deal when it comes to exports and imports. When the USA says that all NATO members should pay an equivalent contribution to NATO according to the size of their economies, how much Germany, France and others pay? A lot less than the minimum two percent required. Things are so bad that German Armed Forces are struggling with ongoing shortages due to lack of German investment in defence. Most of the jet fighters in Germany are non operational. Pilot Licenses are being withdrawn because Pilots are required to have a certain record in terms of number of hours in the air and minimum operational time in the air is not being met.

Hatred against President Trump is based on the fact that President Trump is asking for minimum requirements to be met. The EU is a Protectionist Racket whose interests are directly opposed to the interests of Developing Economies, some of the poorest economies of the world that cannot export to EU and that when they do export to EU have to pay very high taxes to be able to sell their products in the EU. Talking about fighting inequality and hunger, the EU promotes inequality and hunger. When we look at Asia, Africa and Latin America, we should remember the damage that high tariffs caused to the Developing World. It must be said that when the movement towards European protectionism started, the economies of Latin America went into a free-fall and that because of that political instability followed and that because of that many countries across Latin American ended up having Military Dictatorships, torture and execution of political opponents. The stress generated by the Common Market, followed by the European Community and then European Union killed tens of thousands of people across Latin America. If you think about the whole picture including other areas of the world that also suffered from European Protectionism, the number of victims can  number millions. 

European Union has nothing to do with Free Trade. European Union is about Protectionism and Exploitation or, to put it more directly, European Union is Neo-Colonialism.