Brexit: In or Out

If we mistrust our politicians why would we vote to return power to them? (Is it because we mistrust our own politicians less than we mistrust the politicians in Brussels?  )

In my case, self interest!

I mistrust all politicians wherever they may be based as I see them as self serving rather than serving the interests of the electorate.

I despise Cameron yet I voted Conservative at the 2015 general election as I saw them as the better option for my family, myself and our finances rather than the potential unholy alliance of Labour and the SNP and UKIP would have been a wasted vote besides which they are as useful as a chocolate teapot and couldn’t organise a p*ss up in a brewery.

Look after your own interests first whilst making sure you don’t do the dirty on other people.

Another Telegraph article caught my eye: “It’s time to call the killing of Jo Cox what it is: 'an act of far-Right terrorism'”

If this had been an ordinary member of the public who had been murdered in the street there would have been a small article in the press, the police would have said that “regretfully they were in the wrong place at the wrong time” and the murderer jailed. End of story.

In this case though it’s “One of our Own” who is the victim and the accused has to be brought to trial at the centre of power to make an example of these “far Right terrorists” Someone might even suggest a rerun of “Braveheart” and the defendant be hung, drawn and quartered in London as was William Wallace for defying the establishment. (Irony)

No one seems to have given a moment’s thought to the accused, simply because of his connections with some unsavoury organisations, when it appears that he was desperately in need of help with regard to his health problems.

Charity begins at home and perhaps those who volunteer to assist economic migrants in Calais might realise that their efforts would be better used to help people in the UK such as the accused, by simply offering companionship and mentoring.

Strange how nobody was saying that the last time somebody was murdered in the street by mentally-ill people shouting political slogans.
Lee Rigby.

I've just read a fascinating comment on another forum.

The received wisdom is if the UK votes brexit, but Scotland vote remain by a reasonable margin, the SNP will feel justified in calling a 2nd independence referendum "to allow Scotland to remain in the EU".

However the comment I've just read argues that it would be a brave decision for Scotland to vote for Independence from the UK in such circumstances given that if the Scottish economy was to struggle at any point in the future, Scots might be subject to a new rUK immigration points system if they wanted to work in rUK. And that applies in spades to those that currently live in the Scottish border areas but work in England. Without learning a foreign language, Scots would only have Eire as a bolt hole from economic strife at home.

Strange how religious slogans become political ones.