IMPLEMENTATION OF TURBO BREXIT
The government continues to tell anyone daft enough to
listen to them, that Brexit is so complicated that it is impossible to do
anything until sometime next year. The triggering of Article 50 is being
heralded as the moment to wait for. However, all triggering Article 50 does is
start a negotiation. It does not implement the vote to leave.
'Brexit' is
simply a term. It is a term now being used in order to start a debate of what
the term means. This is a subversive distraction. The public voted to leave the
EU. They did not vote to have a negotiation. 'Brexit' is a term to encapsulate
the vote for Britain to leave. The core issue is to leave. Presently, the
government is doing nothing to actually get out of the EU, and is focused on
stalling matters until they are prepared to open negotiations.
It should be
remembered, that the EU's response to Britain's referendum vote, was to offer
to agree a deal speedily. This offer was repeated. The EU did not want matters
to drag on. That offer was not taken up. It is the Tories who are keeping
Britain in the EU, and they continue to refuse to implement the vote to leave.
At a recent EU summit, Theresa May actually complained to the other EU members
that Britain was being shut out of the EU meetings, and that she was unhappy
with this. She wanted Britain to remain fully engaged in the EU decision-making
processes.
The English
Rights Campaign has set out 10 points that would enable Britain to make the
most of leaving the EU. This has been titled Turbo Brexit (see the English
Rights Campaign item dated the 4 August 2016). While it is desirable to have a
complete break with all matters being sorted out in one go, there is nothing to
prevent making a start if the will is there. To examine the 10 points in turn
(for ease, the original Turbo Brexit point is set out in italics in brackets):
1. (A complete end to the annual payments
to the EU. Any post-Brexit deal should exclude any further payments to the EU.
The so-called Norway Model should be rejected. From the money saved,
£100million per week should be allocated to the NHS. The sooner the EU payments
cease, the sooner the extra funding for the NHS is available.) - This can
be implemented at once and unilaterally. There is no justification to continue
paying into the EU when we are no longer involved in the decision making and
when we are scheduled to leave. The NHS needs the money and is more important
than the EU. It is not a complicated matter to stop authorizing payments to the
EU, any more than it is too complicated for someone to stop signing cheques.
2. (There should be a full restoration of
British sovereignty. Neither the EU, nor any other international organization,
should have any power over Britain's internal affairs. Britain's laws should be
determined by Britain's parliament. Britain should withdraw from the
jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights and repeal the so-called
Human Rights Act.) - This should be implemented without delay and the EU is
only a sideshow regarding this. This would require the repeal of the 1972
European Communities Act. The May Government is making a big noise about a
great repeal bill. Despite the government bombast, this bill is relatively
straightforward and should take immediate effect and not be deferred.
3. (Britain should regain full control
over its territorial waters and those should be set at the international
standard, with the fishing limit extended to 200 miles. Britain should have
full control over its fishing policy and fish conservation.) - Britain
should begin this process and notify the relevant international organizations.
There will be a need to make a new arrangement with the EU regarding existing
fishing activities, but we are able to act unilaterally if the EU is
unreasonable.
4. (There should be an end of free
movement of people and Britain should take whatever measures are necessary to
bring mass immigration to a complete end. The EU should have no say over who
lives in Britain. Illegal immigrants and immigrant political extremists should
be deported. This must necessitate withdrawing from the UN Convention on
Refugees; help should be given to genuine refugees in their own or neighbouring
countries. British citizenship should not be granted until someone has lived in
Britain for at least 30 years and is someone of good standing.) - Britain
should stop mass immigration at once. Britain should get on with the necessary
legislation. The current free movement of people will need to be ended, which affects
the EU. Again, unilateral action can be taken if the EU is unreasonable. Ending
mass immigrant is not negotiable.
5. (Overseas Aid should be reduced to a
minimum. The aim should be to reduce it by at least £10billion. Those who wish
to give donations to overseas bodies and charities, are of course free to do so
with their own money.) - This should be done at once and does not affect
the EU.
6. (Britain's trade policy should be one
of balanced trade. Britain has a massive balance of trade deficit with the EU
and also with China. Britain needs to adopt trade policies that will eliminate
these trade deficits. If necessary, tariffs should be used. In addition, there
should be measures to prevent further key British firms being taken over by
foreign entities. Other countries protect their key industries and so should
Britain.) - Future trade relations with the EU are the most problematic
item. However, this cannot be used as a justification for inaction on
everything else, nor can Britain afford to be strung along in open-ended talks
with the EU, possibly, until the Article 50 two-year time limit expires and the
EU tells us to clear off (this has been described as 'Dirty Brexit'). Britain
could offer to continue current arrangements, with some modifications, with a
deadline for EU approval. Failure to reach agreement by the deadline could
result in either tariffs or a reversion to WTO rules. Grandstanding an
interpretation of 19th century free trade theories is not the
priority. The priority for Britain should be to bring a trade with the EU back
into balance, which would be a positive transformation of the British economy;
Britain needs to pay for imported goods by exporting goods rather than funding
the trade deficit by selling assets and borrowing from foreigners. Bringing the
trade back into balance means that Britain would boom, generating both the tax
revenues and the higher living standards needed.
7. (There should be a determined
de-Marxification programme to remove the ideology of political correctness from
society. Those promoting political correctness should have their access to
public monies cut. Political correctness should cease to be the basis of
morality and patriotism should be quietly engendered.) - This should be
done at once and does not affect the EU.
8. (Priority should be given to reducing
the government spending deficit; ending the scandal of councils seizing
pensioners homes if they are taken into care; and reintroducing a fully
transferable married couples tax allowance. To raise money, in addition to the
extra tax income from increased growth due to trade being brought back into
balance, and the savings on overseas aid and payments to the EU, there should
be the introduction of a Solidarity Tax on those who have thus far avoided the extra
costs of the political correctness and immigration that they so loudly demand.
All organizations bringing in immigrants should be charged the full cost of a
house; there is no reason why taxpayers should fund a housebuilding programme
to cater for the immigrants brought in to save wages and training costs for
business and other organizations; let those organizations which do so well out
of immigration pay to house those immigrants.) - This can be implemented
without EU interference, although the speed of the implementation will depend
upon the speed with which Britain leaves.
9. (The House of Lords needs to be
replaced to better reflect the views of ordinary people and to cull the
collection of cronies with which the chamber has been stuffed since the
expulsion of most of the hereditary peers; it has become an expensive Ponzi
class gravy train and is dysfunctional. There should also be the introduction
of an English parliament to give the English an equal footing in Britain. The
powers devolved to the various national parliaments should be equalized with a
proper federal structure.) - This should be done at once and does not
affect the EU.
10. (There should be selective measures taken
to tackle crony capitalism, self-aggrandising lawyers and dishonest bankers
(including their agents). Monopoly abuse should be met with fines. Lawyers
should no longer be allowed to manipulate the law to their own financial
advantage (e.g. orchestrating allegations from foreigners against British
troops, and exploiting divorce proceedings). It should be assumed that the
wealth created during a marriage is split evenly in order to simplify, make
fairer and minimize lawyers' fees. Small and medium sized businesses should
have the law amended to alter the balance of power in their favour regarding
banks. Bank criminality should be aggressively prosecuted.) - This should
be done at once and does not affect the EU.
In conclusion,
it is obvious that the main reason for the delay in an implementation of Turbo
Brexit is not the EU, but because the Tories do not agree with it and are
dithering regarding any implementation of the Brexit vote. The Tories are the
problem.
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