Thursday, December 21, 2017

The Proto-Empire Strikes Back

While not an actual vote, a new opinion poll in Britain will give ammunition to those who want to remain in Britain notwithstanding the Brexit vote. As I've been saying, Britain needs to have a sense of urgency to get out of the European Union before the delaying action turns into defeat and reversal.

This is worrisome:

A poll has found that 51 percent of Britons would now keep European Union membership while 41 percent want to leave the bloc, a near reversal of last year's referendum result.

This change is mostly among people who didn't vote in the Brexit referendum, it should be noted. But it is ammunition for those who want to stay in the European Union.

Do British politicians who aren't that committed to Brexit have the guts and honor to carry out Brexit as voters declared they wanted even as the difficulties put in the path by the EU and Remainers drag out the process?

Is the lesson from Brexit going to be that the EU will never take no for an answer to their goal of "ever closer union" that will lead to an imperial state in Europe run from Brussels? We've seen this contempt for votes before as states were required to keep voting until they got the "right" outcome to submit to the EU. Will there be one more--and final--vote on the issue in Britain that ends this attempt to escape?

I know the trends for disunion are growing in Europe, but I don't think that stops the pro-EU class that runs most of Europe from going forward with their project to snuff out national governments with any power greater than implementing edicts issued from Brussels. If they can establish the empire, they'll cope with problems by mobilizing the continent's resources to crush potential revolt one by one.

And again, old Russian Soviets must be crushed to notice how ever-growing cheese regulations are more effective than tanks and secret police for keeping your imperial subjects in line.

Britain needs to get out now and fix any problems that arise later before it is too late.