It soon will be. But is the
result a foregone conclusion? Many believe the count is, effectively, already
decided. There have been purported ‘leaks’ about the postal results which give a
resounding result for Remain; no doubt these broadcasts, spurious or not, have
been made in an attempt to influence the footfall today. But who trusts the
polls after the general election results last year? In retrospect, how could
anybody have believed Ed Moribund had even the ghost of a chance of becoming Prime
Minister?
The vast majority of those who will vote to Leave will
not alter their view. The four horsemen themselves could be camped outside the
voting halls but as Farage said yesterday, those patriotic souls – ignorant, vile
racists in the view of the brainwashed disciples of Saint Jo – would crawl over
broken glass to save their country from further harm. On the other hand, among those
who have declared for Remain a large number have done so with a heavy heart,
not believing the campaign of fear and vitriol, but not quite trusting themselves
to cope with independence.
Speaking of trust and in the light of the way in which
the establishment has brought its big guns to bear on the little man, there is
a general unease in the impartiality of the electoral system and much talk of a
fix. As of yesterday the polls were still neck and neck – Sky shared the
following graphic showing 45/44 for Leave, with 11% undecided and a number of
Tweeters exhorted their fellows to use ink, not pencil, to make their mark.
The fight, then, is for the undecided and the weather
appears to be on the side of the dedicated. The young, the indifferent and those
begrudgingly swayed by the clamour of their peers may well opt to stay at home in the
dry but whatever happens a close vote gives us little peace. A two percent
majority for Remain effectively allows the independence movement to cry ‘fix!’
and the fight will undoubtedly continue. That would be a nightmare. A two
percent victory for Leave would result in dancing in some streets but it will
then be argued that less than half of those eligible voted for it and once again,
that the children did not get to decide their future. Equal dissatisfaction, unequal reaction.
For either side to accept the opposite result the ballot
will have to be decisive and it’s not looking likely. Based on those numbers the
best that either side can manage is around 55/45, but if that happens, if all
the swing is one direction, how will that look? Only god or government has the
power to bring that about and nobody sane believes in god. This referendum is
being billed as democracy in action but democracy has never looked so fragile. The
following reasoned arguments may help you decide...
This is what it looks like from Juncker World
So, there you are. If you want to stay in das projeckt
and build a federal super state with an army and everything then vote with your woolly head and may history forgive
you. If you want to rediscover the joys of independence and if you believe and trust
in the British people to bring their government to account, then vote with your heart and pray for rain.
It would be poetic justice if the great British obsession with the weather were
to win the day. Good luck!
