COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY SATYAJIT DAS IN THE
INDEPENDENT
I just cannot agree with this assessment.
Actually, conservatism is represented by the EU, an
organization whose economic purpose is defined by classical economics and whose
political purpose was defined by the CIA, which was key to its beginnings, and
by events ensuing from America's violent policies abroad of recent years.
This piece is just one more tired effort with "little
Britain” as the regrettable explanation for Brexit. But it is not.
It may have played a role, but it plays a role then in
everything where Britain's population votes. You don't invalidate elections of
Parliament for that.
You cannot turn this event into Thatcherism or some other
ism. That's nonsense.
Where was very conservative David Cameron on the matter he
so ineptly started? Where was very conservative Ms May? Where were conservative
people like John Major? Where was conservative Tony Blair? The conservative EU
is the answer. Run by conservatives in Germany.
The whole line of argument about "Oh, my, what a
pitiful little place we are left with," being run in various forms by The
Independent and The Guardian, is entirely spurious.
Globalization goes on. There's no stopping it. Just look at
the place of manufacture for countless items in your stores. China, India,
Indonesia, Brazil, etc.
And look at where your traditional manufacturers do a lot of
their work. I'll give you a hint. It isn't Sheffield or London.
And immigration - normal immigration, not the war-induced
refugee flood created by America's killing spree in the Mideast and Europe's
failure to challenge America - will continue, and it will increase over time.
Indeed, all advanced nations do not have fertility rates to
even replace their population. It's the result of an economic phenomenon called
demographic transition. So, you either have immigration in future or your
nation shrinks.
And Britain will continue trading with what it has for what
it wants.
All that has happened is that a particular administered
arrangement has collapsed, much like a badly-designed business deal.
It is entirely possible that a new one will appear in future
as many EU states are tired of current arrangements. It also entirely possible
to arrange still others. Just use your imagination. How about Russia's
resources and Britain's industry? How about China? India?
The EU itself has failed. Ms Merkel's leadership, despite
her intellectual gifts, has been a terrible failure and plays a direct role in
what has happened and what will happen.
