The Brexit bonus...

aber-fan

 As I argued in my previous post, the EU is just a cosy capitalist club designed to let capitalists accumulate more capital by playing off workers in different countries against each other. Surely you don't expect me to defend or mourn such an organisation just because some Neanderthal* Empire Loyalists  also want to leave for other reasons. 

Once out, it is up to the UK, who to trade with and although we currently behave completely like US lapdogs (despite being in a much bigger organisation-the EU) and sanction any countries which our US masters want to destroy or dominate. The Chinese and Russians are currently jointly working on long-range, wide bodied airliners, of the type which Airbus has a lot of experience in producing. If Airbus decide they no longer want the UK to make their wings, I'm sure our skills will be appreciated. elsewhere. 

* apologies to Neanderthals if I have insulted them by comparing them to Sun readers.

Totally agree. Its been an undemocratic unelected commission and lovely coporate lobby group for decades. Isnt it strange how the more politicians we seem to have across europe Uk wales etc (and the numbers have trebled in the past 40 years with endless EU expansion and devolved governments.) yet with the vast rise in politicians we see the massive corporations regulated even less, less taxed, less answerable than ever before. Lets do the maths and lets join up the dots. One way or another these politicans seem to lose their teeth. How and why? Well theyre all in bed together and to play on the teeth analogy , lets just say the massive corporations offer these politicians free dental care for life if they promise not to bite them. 

Who could ever forget that paragon of virtue, george gideon osbourne celebrating as the government clawed all of 3% in taxes from google. What a champion of wealth redistribution eh? Or the panama papers where the endless offshore tax havens for all massive corporations were revealed and absolutely nothing was done about. This is why we see endless virtue signalling. Politicians trained in how to fake sincerity, look tough, clench those fingers point forcefully shout over each other on tv. All a ruse to simply avoid actual proper discussion and debate. Its mostly just panto. 

As for the whole brexit who lied, the mass hysteria exaggeration and dodgy data on both sides was embarrassing and deliberate. 

I have to say I have been a little surprised at the tone of your recent posts bearing in mind I usually find your views well thought out and carefully presented. The two examples of companies closing/moving are absolutely nothing to do with Brexit. More to do with falling demand - in a global economy these are the harsh realities of trading. Obviously it is a very sad day for the people affected but harsh economic decisions are happening all over Europe every day. 

As for your comment regarding racism I will, as a Brexit supporter, choose to ignore it and explain it as you having a bad day!!!!!

Well, you're half right.

The British do indeed behave as lapdogs of the USA (the Iraq war being a recent, and tragic, example). 

You seem to think that we'll become more independent of the USA outside the EU, and that Broughton will sell wings to the Russians.

I can confidently predict that neither of those things will come to pass.

You know the old saying about the tent - it's better to be on the inside pissing out, than on the outside pissing in. I thnk that sums up the position the UK will find itself if/when Brexit happens.

BTW - what is your view on Scottish independence? They voted against Brexit, and if it is forced upon them ,there is a real possibility that Scotland will leave the UK.

If and when that happens, Wales will be linked to England, with its strong Tory majority. Do you REALLY want to be ruled by the Tories until kingdom come?

If the Scots decide to vote to leave the Uk there is nothing that we can really do to stop them - can't really see that as a fault of Brexit supporters. Personally I would much prefer to see Northern Ireland get independence - then we can stop having a Westminster Government being dictated to by a few Ulster folk!!!!!

What we do outside the EU is totally up to us. I certainly hope that we give up our role as the lap-dog of the aggressive US Empire, with its 800 bases on foreign soil and continual threats, sanctions, insurgencies and attacks against anyone who do not bow or worship at the altar of US led neo-liberalism. It is obvious that the future (unless it ends in a nuclear holocaust) lies with the BRICS countries and the third world. In the last 25 years China has lifted 700 million people out of poverty!! and its plan is to lift everyone out of poverty in the next 10 years. These are the people who need us and we need to work and trade with. Perhaps we will then begin to make up for our shameful  years of slave trading and colonisation. Cymru was of course England's first colony and in the future I hope that we also will begin to assert our independence and  at least develop a more equal and less subservient relationship. 

To me the above is obvious, but clearly most people still accept the distorted worldview of the mainstream media  Fortunately there is an alternative media on the web and more and more are, beginning to abandon the BBC's ruling class interpretation of the world -so much so that there is the start of a panic and the call for more censorship of social media and alternative sites.