A "second" referendum?
Mr. Khan has suggested that we have a second referendum on "the deal".
Any new referendum on this tie to a centralised European bureaucracy would in reality be a THIRD referendum.
I was in the minority that voted to leave in the first referendum in 1975, and there would never have been a second one if David Cameron had not been so hubristic as to believe that "leave" had no chance.
We were initially treacherously forced to accept and adopt its treaties in 1972, which became law in 1973. This caused the fall of "traitor Heath" the PM that did this, and led to the fracture in the party that has only widened in the ensuing 40 odd years.
Any new referendum on this tie to a centralised European bureaucracy would in reality be a THIRD referendum.
I was in the minority that voted to leave in the first referendum in 1975, and there would never have been a second one if David Cameron had not been so hubristic as to believe that "leave" had no chance.
We were initially treacherously forced to accept and adopt its treaties in 1972, which became law in 1973. This caused the fall of "traitor Heath" the PM that did this, and led to the fracture in the party that has only widened in the ensuing 40 odd years.
Harold Wislon held the first referendum on this farce in order to win office and try to repair a similar fissure in his own party in 1975. He even more slyly than Mr. Cameron, spent a significant amount of taxpayer's money promoting his choice, whilst simultaneously starving the opposing view of cash and publicity. Not surprising then that my choice was defeated.
People were more trusting of politicians in those days, they did not adopt the current default position until Mr. Blair had run riot during the noughties, but the split that remainers refer to was just as significant throughout the history of this sorry affair, which actually dates back to around 1959, with Harold Macmillan, aided and abetted by Edward Heath during his sinecure as Lord Privy Seal. The media only began to talk about splits following the recent "leave" vote.
It was more than twenty years before an organised campaign to restore independence was started, after it had become clear that this was no common market it was indeed a fourth or fifth attempt at creating a german empire. By the mid 1990s and following the reunification of the two part post war germany the trappings of this empire were rapidly falling into place and even the most stalwart tory supporters began to have doubts when the Maastricht treaty formalised the new state, which was eventually renamed at Amsterdam.
Many of the politicians then began a campaign to re-address that situation, but it was a minority pursuit, despite the fact that from 1986 a majority of the public in every straw poll wanted out. It was not until Nigel Farage led a simple direct campaign to get a second referendum on this subject that many of us thought we might have a chance to defeat this emerging hell. He often sites YouTube as his greatest asset, because all other avenues of protest were sewn up and any detractors had to seethe quietly. Not surprisingly dissenting voices are rapidly being silenced by the corporations that control these "social media" web sites.
That forty year hiatus gave its promoters enough time to hang themselves and we voted to leave, if the government funded PROJECT FEAR had not been so successful, I suspect the 2016 result would have been nearer to 80/20 in favour of leave. Indeed I know many people who were frightened into taking the remain option.
So if Mr. Khan wants a third referendum, perhaps he should wait for at least forty-one years before it is called, let us just see how independence works for us. We are after all one of the most prominent trading nations on the planet. We will no doubt prosper, particularly if we engage in simple bilateral trading deals.
Many of the politicians then began a campaign to re-address that situation, but it was a minority pursuit, despite the fact that from 1986 a majority of the public in every straw poll wanted out. It was not until Nigel Farage led a simple direct campaign to get a second referendum on this subject that many of us thought we might have a chance to defeat this emerging hell. He often sites YouTube as his greatest asset, because all other avenues of protest were sewn up and any detractors had to seethe quietly. Not surprisingly dissenting voices are rapidly being silenced by the corporations that control these "social media" web sites.
That forty year hiatus gave its promoters enough time to hang themselves and we voted to leave, if the government funded PROJECT FEAR had not been so successful, I suspect the 2016 result would have been nearer to 80/20 in favour of leave. Indeed I know many people who were frightened into taking the remain option.
So if Mr. Khan wants a third referendum, perhaps he should wait for at least forty-one years before it is called, let us just see how independence works for us. We are after all one of the most prominent trading nations on the planet. We will no doubt prosper, particularly if we engage in simple bilateral trading deals.
We should return to the traditional practice of democratically reaching our own conclusions about how we address political issues. It might not be perfect, but as Mr. Churchill pointed out, it is the best we have yet devised.
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