Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Brexit: waiting for Godot

I feel and sound like a broken recorder.

Who is responsible for Brexit, why Brexit, is it possible that people are blind to the consequences of their choice, do those who voted Brexit hate Europeans or have they been duped about the benefits of insulare Britain, are they ready to sacrifice Scotland and Ireland...
Honestly, there is no rational explanation. It is all about clichés and populist politicians.

But behind Brexit there is another question that looms.
Why is the English political system as a whole and the Parliament in particular, failing to address Brexit?
Before Theresa May resigned we marathon voting in Parliament on motions related to solutions for the Brexit dilemma. Nothing came out of it, they could not agree.
Today, MPs barely pulled a vote against ''no deal Brexit''. The heroes of this vote are the Conservative deputies who sacrificed their careers to prevent a catastrophic outcome to Johnson's EU strategy.

Where is Labour in all of this? It would have been up to them to lead the country in another direction. Corbyn failed miserably.
He is a Eurosceptic himself who did not fight during the Brexit referendum on behalf of the 'remain vote'. But why? Europe defends workers rights, spearhead gender equality, protects the rights of minorities and freedom of sexual choices, issues strict environmental and health regulation on manufacturing, prevents the spread of genetically engineered crops. Aren't these aims and goals of what is called 'the left'?

Corbyn today has failed to lead on a solution to Brexit. He is not clear about a second referendum, he is not clear about Brexit strategy, he is not clear on anything. He is not trusted to lead a caretaker government and is not ready to compromise by appointing an acceptable person. And today, after the failed Johnson performance in Luxembourg, the buzz is that the EU does not trust Johnson, and equally does not trust Corbyn, so Europeans are starting to think that best for England to leave the EU as it is unstable and failing.

By exaggeration maybe, I would say the real culprit in the Brexit mess is Corbyn for his lack of leadership rather than any action he took or takes.

I am sad to say it, I am mainly disappointed.


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