I was woken by an animated Groupie announcing that the EU referendum had gone the way of the gay Brexiteers. Must admit, even though I voted for it I had no expectation of being on the winning side of the equation.
I have also woken to the self-fulfilling prophecy of falling markets and we have already had one dead cat bounce. Expect volatility - aggressive traders love volatility. The pound has also collapsed. Nobody seems to be pointing out that this will make exports cheaper.
Cameron is going. He announced his political demise with educated good grace but, all in all, I'm afraid it's good riddance to bad rubbish. And can you make sure you take that George Osborne with you please. Both men behaved despicably during the campaign.
The news shows are quite telling - the poor old BBC is relishing the financial furore and cannot quite believe that the silly old electorate has departed from its patrician orthodoxy. If you want a more balanced take on it all skip up the Sky menu to the foreign news channels where the speculation is quite sensibly on the broader European implications and the possible (and much to be desired) halt of the longstanding integrationist madness.
The economic issues clamour to take all the attention but let us take a step back and applaud an endorsement of rather old-fashioned democratic principles. It's not all about money. Just for once let us humour a romantic notion of universal suffrage.
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I find all the depressing doom mongering quite amusing! The dipstick reporter on sky telling us about catastrophic falls in the footsie and the pound and that was at 9.30am!
ReplyDeleteWas he around at 6pm when they showed that the footsie had indeed "crashed" by 3%, whilst all the other markets in Europe were down by at least twice that! In fact the markets were reacting to the overnight fall in the Far East! Some dickhead reported the pound at its lowest against the dollar for 30 odd years. Now that is one I can personally vouch for as total tosh! I went to Florida about 8 years ago and it was much the same then. Look at the charts dickhead!
Calm is called for. Even the Germans now want us to be an associate partner!
The reason for the scare tactics from the Europeans is they are scared we have started a massive break up and their fat gravy lifestyle will,come to an end!
Case in point the Kinnocks! Any system that enables them to become multi millionaires must be at best stupid and at worst totally corrupt!
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ReplyDeleteYour comment "..the gay brexiteers..." That you voted for?
Pray tell Davido you changed your batting preference?
You read it first here folks!!!
No kümmel for you in Woburn!