It wasn’t supposed to be like this.
Does anybody imagine that the British people would have been trusted with a
vote on leaving the EU if David Cameron had thought for one second that there
was the slightest possibility of their voting to leave?
But here we are a month
out from the vote of the century and the polls show there is a real chance that
Britain will actually vote to leave. Miracles it seems do still happen.
Cameron, good marketing man he is,
put his faith in his absolutely overwhelming control of the message. Just about
the entire political establishment would be standing four-square behind him. And
he knew that not only would he be able to vastly outspend the Leave campaign,
but Remain would also benefit from hundreds of millions of free publicity from
the BBC and the rest of our rock solidly left-liberal media. And as if that
wasn’t enough there would be the steady
drone of statements from just about every major national and international body
of time-servers that leaving the EU would be unwise, costly, dangerous, fatal, etc.
And last and definitely least there would even be something for the kids in the
form of dozens of bleating celebrity airheads.
With that sort of power over the narrative
behind him, how could he possibly lose? It must have seemed like the surest
political gamble Cameron has ever taken. Yet here we are in a place we never
believed possible. Leave really can win.
Miracles do still happen apparently.
But even miracles need a helping
hand. And for the campaign to leave the EU that came in the form of the
incredible debater, Nigel Farage. Cometh the hour, cometh the man has never
been more apt. Without Farage humiliating and ridiculing our professional political
class year in, year out there would be no referendum.
Sure thing or not,
nothing other than the absolute political necessity of neutralizing a surging Ukip
would have tempted Cameron to promise it. Our political class pretends to
despise him for “appealing to peoples basest instincts” but in reality they
just hate him for blowing the gaff and showing them up for the posturing liars
they are.
Then with the referendum looming Cameron
suffered a serious defection when a truly big-beast of British politics, Boris
Johnson, threw in his lot with Leave. If miracles need a helping hand there is
none better than Boris Johnson to conjure one up. In deep-red London Conservative
election victory was the stuff of distant memory till the deceptively bumbling
Boris got himself elected Mayor of London not once but twice.
Boris entering the fray no doubt gave
Cameron his first real premonitory chill of approaching political death.
But events are also helping out.
Britain’s population has been transformed by migration over the last few years and
its society and infrastructure are falling apart under the strain. But anybody with
even half an ear for the news knows that this is just the preliminary to the invasion
we can expect in years to come if the Euro-clowns remain in charge of our
immigration.
But although high profile campaigners
and events have helped the greatest strength of the Leave campaign is the logic
of its case. Every single time the issue is debated openly and fairly (as
above) the Remain camp is annihilated.
I must confess that the biggest shock
for me personally has been just how mean, pessimistic and pathetic the Remain
campaign has been. Here are the main arguments expressed by each side over the
last few weeks.
Leave’s case:
• It’s vital that those with power over
us are accountable and can be kicked out of office in elections.
• EU is anti-democratic.
• We must be able to control
immigration.
• There is a world of opportunity
outside Europe.
• We love Europe and will continue to
work and trade with European neighbours and allies. The EU is not Europe!
• EU bureaucracy is strangling our
economy.
• Britain can manage its own affairs.
Remain’s case:
• It will be really really dangerous for
some reason if Britain (one of the world’s oldest and most successful
democracies) becomes as independent as, say, Australia, Norway, Switzerland,
Canada, The United States, etc, etc, etc…
That’s really it! That’s all they’ve
got.
And every day we are given a new
angle on this many headed hydra from increasing roaming charges and lost jobs
to greater risk of terrorism and war. That last is particularly rich from
Cameron whose own Libyan war has brought so many migrants to European shores.
Nothing positive, no vision, just
fear of change.
Or on a lighter note here's the Ghostbusters' version of the Remain case:
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Yet despite all this Remain still
have a very good chance of winning. Their trump card is the general apathy of
the British people. Their best chance is that the British people don’t bother
to think about the arguments and vote instead based on the mood music from the
BBC and our liberal talking heads. If they think about it, they will vote Leave. But if they can’t be persuaded to shift their gaze from Strictly Come Dancing and
EastEnders long enough to form a cogent thought, we will lose.
That’s the last miracle we need, getting Britain off its backside!
Spread the word about the truly
historic opportunity we have to break free from the dying would-be superstate
of the EU.
If we persuade enough people then we may wake up on 24th June to news that would have seemed a miracle just a few months ago.
Let's make it happen.
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