Wednesday, October 09, 2019

Treat or Trick

Britain needs Prime Minister Johnson to hold steady. So far so good.

Politico reports that Johnson is solid on Brexit:

“After decades of campaigning, three years of arguments and seemingly endless months of pointless delay, it is now just 25 days until the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union comes to an end. We will be packing our bags and walking out on October 31. The only question is whether Brussels cheerily waves us off with a mutually agreeable deal, or whether we will be forced to head off on our own,” he wrote.

If the EU works to deny Britain Brexit, Johnson should use British membership to grind EU work to a halt from within until Brussels cries uncle (and I read somewhere--I forget where--that Johnson plans to do just that if stymied in leaving).

As I argued before the vote more than three years ago, Brexit on sight, Brexit first, Brexit to kill the EU, keep Brexiting.

Derailing the will of people of Britain who were told their 2016 referendum would decide the issue would kill rule of law in Britain.

Remainers should be focusing on convincing the British people to rejoin the EU and making the case for it. If it is so good for Britain, that should be easy, right?