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The truth about Remainers wanting Britain to stay in the European Union continues to emerge.
The result is that British voters have become very angry — even Remainers and the normally apathetic.
People are angry because of the false promises those on both sides of the aisle made three years ago:
News items
Late last week, a number of news interviews and articles exposed the continued, wilful intransigence of Remain MPs calling for ‘compromise’, ‘coming together’ and so on — all in a concerted effort to block not only Brexit but also a general election.
Spiked’s Brendan O’Neill appeared on Sky Australia on September 4 to discuss Hilary Benn’s European Union (Withdrawal) (No.6) Bill and the failed vote on a general election:
Meanwhile, in Britain that day, former Conservative MP Michael Portillo rightly said that the 2016 referendum was never about Deal or No Deal. The voter responding to him also remembers then-PM David Cameron’s words correctly:
Brexit Party MEP Dr David Bull said the same on David Vine’s Channel 5 morning talk show. On Friday, September 6, he responds to a Remainer panellist saying that Leave ‘was based on a lie’:
Nor did any of the Leave campaigners say it would be easy:
Well said, Portillo! No leading figure campaigning for Brexit *ever* mentioned a deal of any kind! Nobody said we’d be getting a great, quick, easy deal! Nobody said we’d have to have a deal in order to enjoy the exact same benefits of being the EU! These are all Remoaner lies!
On Thursday, September 5, news emerged that former Conservative MPs, from whom the Party whip had been withdrawn last week, plan to stand as Independent MPs in the next general election. They are Remainers:
The Sun reported not only on the rogue MPs but also on other developments going on at the heart of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government (emphases mine):
They are Philip Hammond, David Gauke, Dominic Grieve, Ed Vaizey, Sam Gyimah, Alistair Burt, Steve Brine, Caroline Nokes, Antoinette Sandbach, Rory Stewart, Margot James and Stephen Hammond.
Even if the rebels fail to win them, the move could split the Tory vote and hand the seats to opposition parties, diminishing the PM’s chances of a majority.
It came as Sir John Major last night demanded the PM reinstate the 21 rebels – and sack controversial aide Dominic Cummings in an extraordinary attack.
The former PM said it defied belief the Tory MPs had been booted out for failing to “parrot the views of a Prime Minister influence by a political anarchist”.
Former Attorney General and rebel leader Mr Grieve told The Sun last night that his decision to stand “depends on the circumstances of the election”.
But Mr Grieve added: “I’m certainly of the view that pulling out of politics during the biggest crisis in recent history would be the wrong thing to do …”
… The development comes as Sajid Javid became the latest senior Tory to join the spiralling Cabinet revolt against the expulsions.
Asked if there was a road to redemption for them, the Chancellor told LBC: “I would hope so. I would like to see them come back at some point” …
It wasn’t good news for Labour that day, either, as voters in Grimsby, in North East Lincolnshire, told BBC Radio 4 that they could not countenance the idea of Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister. Grimsby is a Labour stronghold and has elected a Labour MP consistently since 1945: 74 years!
The Express has the story about the fishing town that also voted overwhelmingly to Leave in 2016. Some residents are considering voting for the Brexit Party:
Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, one local said: “Labour are out, I think.
“I would definitely say Labour would be gone. Their position on Brexit is not very clear and that’s probably why they’re going to be in trouble.
“They’ll be seen as the worst of the parties because at least the Lib Dems have come out and said, ‘this is our position.’ Everyone knows the Tory position with Johnson and people.
“I feel Labour is still sort of in the middle and Corbyn’s not going to be, probably, the world’s best prime minister” …
And another local appeared to echo the sentiment, saying: “It’s difficult when you’ve been a paid-up Labour member for years and now we’re really struggling to think, ‘I don’t really want to vote for them.’
“Where does your vote go? We could be Liberals but Conservatives, no. Because if you look at the Conservatives at the top at the minute, they don’t have to worry about what challenges or financial challenges Brexit would bring because they’re all very rich.”
Other locals also signalled they would be willing to switch their vote to the newcomer Brexit Party led by Nigel Farage, whose candidates snatched at least one seat in each constituency at the European parliamentary elections in May – including one seat in Scotland.
A man said: “I was talking to my friend earlier and he said he’d vote Farage.
“Actually, that’s quite a possibility. I’m thinking about it and my friends are, too.”
Boris’s call to the voters
On Thursday, September 5, Boris updated the voters, explaining what their choice is now, given last week’s events in the House of Commons. The short video has subtitles:
An MP speaks
This video clip shows Conservative MP Nigel Evans defending the voters who, in good faith, ticked the Leave box in 2016. What a pity he spoke to nearly empty benches on both sides:
A Conservative MEP sums up
The eloquent MEP Daniel Hannan sums up the current Brexit deadlock — and prorogation — as follows:
A Labour MP for Leave gets threatened
Kate Hoey, Labour MP for Vauxhall (South London), has been an ardent Leave campaigner from the beginning. After her re-election in 2017, she decided not to stand again as a Labour MP in the next general election.
Last week, she voted with the Government against Hilary Benn’s ‘Surrender’ bill:
She also received the following email, which looks as if it came from a bot. Nonetheless, it carries a nasty threat. She received support from the aforementioned Dr David Bull. Language alert:
Labour Leave tweets
Labour Leave point out the hypocrisy of Remainer MPs. ‘SM’ is Single Market and ‘CU’ is Customs Union:
In fact, SM + CU is worse than Remain. We would have no sovereignty — or EU vote.
I am glad to see they took exception to Remain MPs’ extreme characterisations of Leavers last week:
The British speak out — ‘bigger than Brexit’
It is telling that the British public are now clearly angry about the way Parliament has treated them.
This is now bigger than Brexit. It is about how we are governed.
Some Remainers understand what is happening and want MPs to carry out the referendum result.
So do some who were formerly apathetic about politics in general.
The Remainers
This former Remainer is irked by the People’s Vote (FBPE) — second referendum — brigade:
The awakened apathetics
This is a great tweet — followed by similar replies:
Teachers are angry
These are more replies to the man’s tweet about his apathetic wife.
These are important because they are about teachers, most of whom voted to Remain. Yet, even they can see that what’s happening is greater than Brexit. This is about how we are governed, full stop:
Conclusion
The British are ready now for a general election.
Some of us have had two elections this year: local (not everywhere) and for the EU Parliament.
Yes, we were sick of going to the polls so frequently, especially for an EU election, but, based on last week’s antics, we are looking forward to casting our vote.
Consider it a People’s Vote, or a second referendum. It serves the same purpose.
Churchmouse Campanologist 