Life is full of “if” this or “if” that but it’s the only way we can plan. I’m convinced planning is not optional. Even the simplest diary has one or two dates for things to do in the future. At work, the saying: failure to plan is a plan to fail often rattled around in my head.
We are getting closer to 29 March 2019. If no action is taken, no agreement, no revoking of Article 50, no new referendum then the UK leaves without a deal and all EU treaties will end on 29 March 2019. There are some extremely foolish people who are looking forward to the hardship and suffering that this will cause but thankfully they are in the minority. The real danger is interminable muddle, incompetence and inaction. A great Country, such as ours, should not be entertaining any thought of “crashing out” of a relationship of 40 years. The only triumph would be of failure.
It would be nice to switch off from the political twists and turns at Westminster, but this is a time for action. Englishman Thomas Paine wrote these siring words in late 1776: These are the times that try men’s souls[1]. He was addressing the American crisis of that time. Here, 242 years later we have the British crisis. Now, similar stirring words are needed to overthrow the tyranny of the Brexiters and the hell they promise.
The British Crisis.
When it seems that we are overcome, and every door is closing, we must change. Take a moment to ask the basic question. Who do we want to be?
June 2016 was like an axe falling. Division was the only result. In times of crisis, as now, the ballot is the most powerful right all British citizens have too hand. And the strength of British genius is creative imagination. It’s not for us to be dull drones who blindly walk to the cliff edge. We must take control from a cohort of failed politicians.
Unity is not easily forged. But it’s a vote that can forge that unity. A Peoples Vote can free us from this turmoil. A Peoples Vote to conquer division. A Peoples Vote so we can lead again in Europe.
[1] THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
John Vincent 