Brexit has dominated our media since the referendum result that gave go ahead for Brexit in a surprising result many blame it due to Russian interference. Perhaps they believe that British voters are too dumb, lack intelligentsia to make up their own mind on their own! But Brexit came into prominence after an interlude, when PM Theresa May made public her Chequers’ plan, insisting that it is the best and only plan on offer that will fulfil the promise given to public in the referendum, refusing to listen to the concern of then Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
This led to their resignation of both from the Cabinet, forming a pressure group determined to reject, derail her plan. While resignation of David Davis was on principle, Boris had all to gather different agenda, the one he could not fulfil when David Cameron resigned after Brexit vote humiliation, mainly due to the betrayal of his closest ally, thus handing over the poison chalice to Mrs May who rewarded him, Michael Gove with a Cabinet post, Secretary of State for Environment.
Everyone was looking forward to fireworks at the annual Conservative Conference held in Birmingham. While the speech Boris delivered on the side with full crowd listening patiently, the expected firework did not occur, due to Boris’ undignified approach, attacking PM relentlessly in his column in Daily Telegraph that put off many of his supporters while uniting the cabinet behind PM. Many MPs even think Boris’ performance as Foreign Secretary was below par, his dealing with Iran and Russia did not go down well with people. In sharp contrast PM gave polished speech, full of jokes, humour in popular TV entertainment “Strictly Come Dancing” style and atmosphere!
When we voted for Brexit, no one expected it to be so complicated, that kleptomania EU will fight tooth and nail to make us pay through the nose, a bed of nails, demand pound of flesh akin to Shylock. Pro-Brexit hotchpotch propaganda made us believe that it would be “Highway to Heaven” with our NHS being rewarded to the tune of £350 million a week as a reward. In sharp contrast we will have to pay £39 billion as diverse bill no one expected or predicted. As we have £86 billion balance of payment deficit in favour of EU, perhaps EU has more to lose than us, that is if our politicians show Thatcherite guts and courage that is distinctly lacking in our present day politicians who like fishing in troubled waters!
Bhupendra M. Gandhi
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