Brexit Being Undone?

Keir Starmer is the most unpopular prime minister in British history. The question I have: was he appointed to undo Brexit?

EU Needs Britain's Collapse

I've been thinking this for a while; the EU are trying to bring the UK down. They are at war with Britain, and Britain needs to wake up.

Cancel Culture Dangerous

The silencing of voices is becoming commonplace. The western world is becoming fully authoritarian.

UK Joins CPTPP

The United Kingdom finally listened and took my advice, joining the CPTPP, and forming a trading bloc 30% larger than the EU.

(I've been banging on about this as far back as the original Brexit vote. Oh, and can we have a new designation for this group, CPTPP is almost impossible to say, get a grip)

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/493803/cptpp-the-uk-officially-joins-at-meeting-in-auckland

Nigel Farage Reveals Globalist Coup

The idea is becoming more mainstream. The world is being run by very narrow interests who couldn't give a fig what the voter thinks. They actually hold the voter in contempt and are hellbent on promoting their own agenda.

 

BBC Meltdown Over Brexit

Love this, we all know the BBC are a bunch of Remainers, suck on it BBC...

Brexit Deal

 Finally, right on Xmas we have a final Brexit deal. Here's the BBC's Laura Keunssberg:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-55429840

And this link contains what the deal is understood to contain:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-32810887

Trucks Stranded in Britain

It is easy to see why Britain wants out of the EU when you look at how the French behave when arbitrarily introducing new COVID-19 restrictions:

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Brexit Arrived

A timely Brexit song, I can't believe this has happened in my lifetime and at the same time Prince Harry decided to throw his life away and to try and become a Kardashian, the twit.

Boris Johnson's Deal

Boris Johnson on his new Brexit deal below, we now see whether Westminster will support it...

Boris Johnson's Proposed EU Deal

Personally, I don't see what's wrong with the latest Brexit plan. Check it out here:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49914326

Under Mr Johnson's proposals, which he calls a "broad landing zone" for a new deal with the EU:

• Northern Ireland would leave the EU's customs union alongside the rest of the UK, at the start of 2021
• But Northern Ireland would, with the consent of politicians in the Northern Ireland Assembly, continue to apply EU legislation relating to agricultural and other products - what he calls an "all-island regulatory zone"
• This arrangement could, in theory, continue indefinitely, but the consent of Northern Ireland's politicians would have to be sought every four years
• Customs checks on goods traded between the UK and EU would be "decentralised", with paperwork submitted electronically and only a "very small number" of physical checks
• These checks should take place away from the border itself, at business premises or at "other points in the supply chain"

The government is also promising a "New Deal for Northern Ireland", with financial commitments to help manage the changes.

Brexit Battle Continues

I have already used the phrase the new English Civil War. That's what we have in effect; the Remainers vs the Brexiteers. We now have a situation where the Supreme Court has become political and intervened to uphold a Scottish court decision that Boris Johnson's proroguing of parliament was unlawful.

This is a strange state of affairs. The executive cannot govern, the courts interfere, parliament itself cannot decide anything and then refuses a general election. It is a complete stalemate.

Boris Johnson must now take the gloves off and use every bit of the executive power at his disposal. To begin with, start stacking the House of Lords to block any Commons legislation. Then finally, consider calling for a state of emergency, and keep that in place until Brexit has been completed.

Boris Johnson and Brexit

Just when you thought Brexit was back on track with Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister of Britain, everything goes pear shaped with game playing from Jeremy Corbyn's Labour team and the Remainer camp. Technically Corbyn is not a Remainer, but I think it's safe to label him as such now the gloves are off. We can see him for what he really is, selling out the British working class to London's chattering classes who are dead against Brexit.

I have no idea how this will pan out or who will win. We have a second English Civil War of sorts. On the one side the Leave team made up of Conservatives, along with the hard left of Britain siding with the working class districts which solidly voted Leave. Against them are the South-east of England, Remain camp soft-centred technocrats with their holiday homes on the Continent and a will to defy anyone who gets in the way of their cushy lifestyles. Whoever wins sets the course of Britain's future; either an independent future and world leading or a follower and supplicant to Brussels and the princes of Europe.

Brexit Under Boris Johnson

France are said to be making dire threats now. It's all bluff, France stands to lose a lot if they play clever over Brexit. If the physical movement of goods across the border with the UK slows down, the UK could simply respond by slowing down two things, the movement of people through airports, and the movement of capital through London. Both would cripple France.

And this talk of a need for a hard border with Ireland is nonsense. Have people not heard of licence plate readers by camera? That's all you set up, trucks need to be registered and are logged when crossing the border. If they depart from their route, or they appear heavier than indicated (ride height etc), then they could be pulled over by mobile patrols. It's really simple, basically a lot of panic merchants are stoking fear where there really need be none.

Just get on with Brexit. Enough talk already.

Boris Johnson Cleans House

Britain's new Prime Minister has sent a clear signal of how he intends to lead his country, bringing in hard line Brexit supporters and sacking those he doesn't trust. Finally, Brexit seems nearer.

Theresa May was always lukewarm on this whole Brexit thing. She wanted to keep everyone happy but only succeeded in making everyone depressed. She was too timid and at times indecisive. Sometimes just making any decision and sticking to it is better than no decision at all.

What can we expect from Johnson? It looks like a hard Brexit at this stage. But now they see which way things are headed, there remains the possibility the EU will buckle. Unlike many others, I think the EU stand to lose more if they oppose a more friendly divorce arrangement. That's because of the intangibles and things such as defence. If the EU are difficult, Britain may be less inclined to defend Western Europe. The cost of that task will be left to Germany who currently freeload off the UK and USA. Yes, NATO and all that, but the UK could easily sit on its hands.

This new Britain may pivot to the Pacific where they have considerable territory. That could involve joining the TPPA (or whatever they call it now). It may also engage more with Africa. Both regions offer more trade possibilities than the tired and indebted EU.

Brexit Deal

Is the British Prime Minister, Theresa May trying to derail the Brexit process by making everything so complicated that leaving the EU becomes impossible? That's what it's looking like. Just get on with it. But if Britain does not leave, it is quite possible the electoral fall-out will be a thing to behold. Watching with interest.

Donald Tusk and Brexit

President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has shown his true colours, saying that a special place in hell is reserved for those who campaigned for Brexit without a plan for how to do it. The plan was to leave and that's what should happen after the referendum. No doubt Tusk's plan would be for the UK to not leave despite the result.

But in this process of leaving, Britain is being decidedly soft in its approach. What about some hard ball? Example: about a third of all international air travel within the EU commences within Britain. If those departures do not occur you know what would happen? Every airline in western Europe goes bust, that's what. Theresa May could threaten to shut off the conveyor. Watch the faces of the EU negotiators ashen.

Or say Britain decides to make its own civil aircraft, leaving Airbus swinging in the breeze? Get tough in other words, stop being so apologetic.

Brexit Deal

We're waiting to examine the fine print, but for now this appears to be what has been agreed...

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46188790

Lockwood Smith on Brexit

Lockwood Smith is a former Speaker of the NZ House of Representatives and High Commissioner to the UK, here making comment on Brexit. He explains precisely why Brexit is good for the UK.