Theresa May names the day and what a day. John Major has of
late resurrected himself – well nobody else was going to do it - as a contender
for Remoaner-in-Chief, so it is apt that in recognition of the contribution he
made to the momentous referendum decision, Article 50 is to be invoked and the
intention to leave the EU made official on his 74th birthday. Perfect.
This could become a recurring theme: On July the 25th, to coincide
with Tim Farron’s 47th, in a neat bit of age-mirroring, we could maybe
enact some far-reaching anti-EU legislation. And perhaps to celebrate Matthew
Parris’ 68th the 7th of August could be the day we decide
to send everybody packing?
After nine months of sniping it will be a blessed relief
to finally get the wheels in motion. Precisely three weeks later, on the 19th
of April, Gina Miller could raise a glass to celebrate her 52nd and
wish the process well; after all, it is completely in line with the parliamentary
democratic process via which she tried so hard to derail it. I can see a whole
year of deliciously ironic anniversaries ahead. On December the 9th,
two days after Anna Soubry Day, on which we could inaugurate the first annual EU
flag burning ceremony, we could collectively bare our bottoms in the direction
of Jean-Claude Juncker to remind him of his statement that no other countries
would follow us out of the union.
This is, of course the same J C Juncker who in 2014 said,
referring to the introduction of the Euro: “We decide on something, leave it
lying around and wait and see what happens. If no one kicks up a fuss, because
most people don't understand what has been decided, we continue step by step until
there is no turning back.” He has never believed in trusting the people to decide,
saying without any apparent shame that: “When it becomes serious, you have to lie.” Oh yes, Jean-Claude, we know. That’s why we know there will be others.
A date to remember!
In the white paper on Europe’s future, to be presented on
the EU’s 60th birthday at the Rome summit on Saturday, there is not
on shred of doubt that the EU will persist and that the remaining 27 will somehow
stay together, come hell or high Euro. In other words, when the facts don’t fit the narrative,
carry on lying. If, as the people at Gatestone believe, there may not even be a
union left worthy of the name in a decade all this is moot. As usual we’ll
watch events unfold with interest. But get cracking on that bunting because soon
it will be the 23rd of June once more. An anniversary to really
remember.
Once again the phoney war is over and the battle of the British court room and Lords is over. The real fight is now to start in earnest and a front is to be opened against the EU commie fascists. The only thing different to previous encounters is the lack of a Marlborough, Wellington or a Churchill and the existence of a 5th column and wannabe Quislings in considerable numbers. An encumbrance coupled with the entrenched positions of the foe that makes outright victory next to impossible. The only solution is to engage to estimate strength then fall back and starve them into submission.
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