Monday 23 May 2016

An almost rational reason why I plan to vote to leave the European Union

I thought I would have a quick break from Poetry today and do Politics (sorry about that).



Have you noticed that here in Britain the great debate about should we vote to stay in or leave Europe is starting to look slightly silly as each side raises the stakes like a mad game of Poker. . . . I will match your World War Three and raise you pestilence and Armageddon as a result of aliens from Venus.  It is getting harder to get any real idea about what the best thing to do is. Certainly the stay campaign has the greatest clout because the bulk of the establishment are scared of change and the unknown, so they are doing a great job of ensuring that leaving looks like total madness.

Well it may surprise some, but I plan to vote to leave and there are rational reasons for this and also one very non-rational reason. Firstly I need to say as I have said before I am a bit left wing (not very, just a bit) and unlike a lot of the out voters I would be happy to let more refugees into the UK, particularly from Syria. Ooooo I get annoyed by British politicians and now the EU with feeble excuses not to help people who are fleeing a terrible war, most of whom are just decent ordinary folk.

In theory the principles of the EU should appeal to me, I mean I voted to join in the first place (OK yes I’m a bit old). I believe in equality and a level playing field in life for all, and that we should protect the vulnerable and the weak. All stuff which the EU is meant to stand for. When I voted to join all those years ago I was hoping we would be part of a single currency, and that it would be possible to travel about in Europe as easily as nipping up the road to Scotland. We would be one big happy community, smiling hugging each other and having a good life.

But is that what happened No the EU  has turned into a huge bureaucratic semi opaque monster, I don’t know if money is spent wisely or not and there seem to be more dodgy deals and . . . I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine stuff going on than one can shake a seagull at. The politics of Europe are becoming polarized and based on self interest with the Euro on the brink of yet another crisis. In fact I suspect the Euro crisis may have been delayed a bit until we have our vote, or am I just being a bit cynical. . .maybe.  So my main reason not to remain is that I do not believe that the long term future of the EU is looking good. The stay in campaign say we would enter a recession if we leave, but if the Euro starts to fail and we are part of Europe then that will happen anyway. Right now I just feel Britain may have more control of its economic future and the well being of its population outside the European Union. I am just an ordinary man on the street I may be wrong I don’t know, but I can only do what I feel is right long term.

I did also say I have one very irrational reason why I am voting Leave, it is a very simple one. Both David Cameron and Tony Blair have said they intend to vote to stay in . . . I do not know them personally but Oooooooo they both annoy me with their smug I am better that you attitude

OK there you have it I will vote Leave I don’t know it that is right or not but I suspect Britain will Stay in just on the shear amount of doom stories the government is managing to get into the news. And even I am not of fan of the . . .  . We don’t want all these foreigners over here . . . . attitude of some of the Leave supporters. Why is there a them and us approach to all this; Britain will not sail off into the sunset and we will still be part of Europe come what may.


If we do stay in and the EU economy very quickly starts to go into crisis I promise not to say I told you so. . . . . when I say promise I am in fact lying. . . . I will  

6 comments:

  1. So if you vote to leave and everyone else votes to stay, then there would be Rob nation. How cool is that? Very..... .... ... .. .

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Not sure about very cool, I might opt for the rather warm option.

      Delete
  2. I like your reasoning Rob.
    I am still to make my mind up, but having read and listened to all the lies from both sides I am close to concluding that we would be better off out of Europe AND out of the uk.
    Our politicians are a bunch of crusty thieves with very little regard for us normal folks and even less respect for the laws they pass.
    I need to think hard about my vote but will use it wisely.... which is more than can be said for rubbish MPs.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I know how you feel Mr H I would feel much happier if I felt the public were not being treated as idiots. It seems to me there are many in the political world with their own agendas. It is easy to see why world wide there is a trend to vote against the established political system, but I fear we might just end up with a bunch of folk who are worse. . . I'm sure there is an old saying that goings something like. . .Never vote for anyone who wants you to vote for them.

      Delete
  3. I'm still undecided. I don't trust that things will be better either way. Most of the policies that made people want to join the EU, never came to pass, so I have no idea which way I'll be leaning come voting day.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I think a lot of folk still do not know which way to vote yet. I dont think there is a right or wrong because both options have enormous risks. It is my own personal opinion that the EU is a lot more unstable than the powers that be would like to admit. This is why I am voting Leave, but who am I to say what is right.

      Delete