The next general election will be interesting and I wonder whether anyone other than the Liberals (remember them?) will be compaigning to re-join the EU? I can see it being an "issue" on the doorstep when people realise that the disadvantages far outweigh the advanatges. It will be quite interesting if there will be a referendum to re-join. I can envisage this being in someone's manifesto pledge and one of the three parties campaigning on the issue - I don't think that Johnson and his ilk will last too long in the Conservatives and will be intrigued how long the likes of Phil Hammond will take before they make their move. I have to say that I feel that all the main political parties would theoretically campaign to re-join as it is not a party-led issue and cuts across the political divides.
It was noticeable this weekend doing my shop just how bare the shelves are and the combimation of drivers being pinged and Brexit is a double whammy that I feel will only get worse. Being a member of the EU is not perfect and I think that there are serious defects throughout the EU. However, the risks of being outside are only now starting to become apparent and I do not feel it will be long before we are at a point where there is a serious and concerted campaign to get us to re-join. I can see that happening within the next 2 years esepcially as leaving the EU has made no difference to the illegal immigrant situation as this is effectively an economic problem for the whole of the West including the States and even Australia. Regardless of Brexit, immigration is only going to increase as global warming, radical Islam / rampant nationalism and the arms industry of both the West and China have combined to create a situation where living in some parts of the world is no longer feasible. For me, it was the zenophobes who were against immigration who effectively drove the Brexit issue. People will stat to wake up to the fact that immigration and the EU are totally different, independent issues.
The economic logic for Brexit was never there in the first place and the issues with "Project Fear" demonstrated how blaise the Brexiters were with the many very genuine concerns. Brexit was effectively a knee-jerk nationalist campaign with ill-thought logic trying to justify a world view which had ceased to be relevant in 1945. I am struck by how poorly our press and media has treated those pushing for Brexit to be held to account. Even Channel Four has not really held their feet to the fire. I cannot recall seeing the likes of Nigel Farage being door-stepped by journalists. He has disappeared off the face of the earth other than a few fleeting appearances on the South East coast where he is trying to highlight the issue of immigrants arriving on the beaches and about which nothing can be done now that we are outside the EU. I think it will eventually come to this and when the shortages become so severe as to affect everyone, I can envisage a lot of people being very angry with the likes of Farage. I hope that he is held to account.
