The Brexit Soap

I suppose I must ask the question as to why I am writing about this again, or at all? I suppose that is to help people looking into the madness that is overwhelming Britain at the moment, and what to make out of it all. I can't say that I may be of too much help, just to tell the world that don't all want to cut off our financial legs. Some of us can't really understand how people that I consider friends and colleagues could be so mis-informed or be closet racists to actually vote for Leave when all the evidence points to it being total madness.

Well, it seems there is a storm of mis-information out there, and picking out the wheat from the chaff is near impossible, but I will try.

I have helped crowdfund a legal case which is not trying to stop the Article 50 notification, but to clarify how such a notification has to be arrived at; either by the leader of the country or via a new law via both Houses of Parliament. This is not the only such case, another funded by some businesses is also being prepared. The reason is, it seems no one had bothered to look at how the British Constitution would allow such a notification, so instead of wallowing about with half guesses and half truths, why not find out?

THe heart of the matter is whether Parliament needs to be consulted, or not. The heart of our democracy is that Parliament decides, via discussion, debate and law. Anything else isn't on. However, the PM might be able to pass article 50 notification as an executive power. Or not. So, lets find out.

Last week Boris threw in the towel in attempting to go for leadership of the Conservative Party, despite leading the Leave campaign. And today, just 24 hours after having dinner with one Rupert Murdoch, Nigel Farrage also resigned, meaning two of the three leader of the campaign that got us into this shit have walked away from the steaming pile of shit they created, leaving others to tidy up.

The third, Michael Gove, has been turned on by the Tory Red Tops, and his bid seems doom to fail. But he has yet to admit this.

The question really depends on whether the winner of the leadership contest is a pure Brexit or a realist. Andrea Leadsom, someone before this weekend I had not heard of, seems to be tying with Teressa May for leadership, and is the most Brexit friendly. But as we have seen in the very recent past, what someone says in a campaign is very different from the reality of the shit creek we find ourselves after Messers Johnson, Gove and Farrage sold all the paddles to that swarthy European chap.

The fact remains, that if Article 50 was to be notified to the EU it would have been done on the 24th June, and no one, not even the Brexiteers seem to want to do this, and so as each day passes, the idea of such a notification decreases. Unless Ms Leadsom sticks to her guns and does so if elected as the new Mrs T. Or not if she is faced with the relaities of the situation; the pound crashing, the stock market in freefall, foreign investment crashing, economic targets failed to be met, unemployment rising and no trade deals to be had in half a decade, might just decide to call another referendum and take that as binding.

UNless we vote to leave again, in which case, back to square one.

As I said yesterday, Britain, the UK, is still a full member of the EU and will remain so until two years after the Article 50 notification.

Confused?

You will be until the next episode.....