In two weeks, Britain will trigger Article 50 and the clock starts ticking. The question is whether the UK and the EU can defuse the Brexit device, reaching compromise deals on everything from air travel and borders, to agriculture and banking. Or, as the clock ticks down and the stakes go up, will it culminate in a violent explosion of trade barriers, unpaid penalties and recrimination.
It is clear that Ireland’s overwhelming interest is in the former scenario. We have much more at stake than any EU country. Britain is our single biggest trading partner. Irish agriculture is overwhelmingly dependent on the UK. We sell 45pc of our agriculture — our biggest indigenous industry — to the British. These ties are the economic reflection of culture and history as much as anything else. For example, if there is no agricultural deal and there are tariffs imposed on Irish food exports to the UK, we can’t simply divert our massive sales of cheddar cheese to any other country because other countries don’t eat the stuff!
We have to do everything in our power to ensure that the settlement is amicable.
At the moment, Britain is the party in these negotiations that wants the freest possible trade and the lowest impediments to trade.
Clearly, the EU 27 would prefer a deal but the EU, as a whole, doesn’t need it. Britain does; as does Ireland.
Therefore, our position and our interests in the negotiations are actually closer to London than Brussels. Take that in, because this is the crux of the issue. This is our dilemma. We are, in terms of trade and our own Border, closer to London than to Berlin or Paris. In these negotiations, we will therefore be sitting on the opposite side of the table to the side representing our actual interests.
If trade barriers are erected, ultimately the EU — not the British — will erect these barriers. Clearly the British started this process with the Brexit vote, but it is much more likely that the bigger EU will, if it wants to punish the smaller UK, be the one that throws up barriers. The implication of this is profound for Ireland because it means that by siding with the EU 27, we are negotiating against ourselves.
But we can’t side with the British, so what do we do?
We know that any Irish government that comes back from these negotiations with nothing less that complete free trade with Britain will be kicked out at elections. The reason is simple: Irish farmers will not vote in a government that signs an agreement on behalf of Ireland, in the name of the EU, that sees 50pc tariffs being imposed on Irish agricultural exports to the UK.
And 50pc agricultural tariffs on certain foods are what the WTO rules suggest and these would be imposed in the event of no deal between the EU and the UK.
As our political class jostles for position ahead of the negotiations, maybe the best argument they can use is the electoral one. Maybe they should inform the EU Commission of the Irish electoral reality of Brexit? Quite simply, no government that allows Ireland to be damaged by toeing the EU line will survive. Unless the Government can negotiate an “opt-out” in the case of a hard Brexit, that government will not survive. And rightly so.
After all, the Irish government’s job is to represent the interests of the Irish people, not the EU. This is what sovereignty means. Any government that puts the interests of France or Germany above the interests of Ireland deserves to go.
Governments are increasingly standing up to the “one-size-fits-all” EU approach on a variety of issues. This year alone Hungary gave the EU the two fingers on immigration and built a wall to protect its interests. Poland also ruled out taking migrants at the behest of the EU. So too did Slovakia. These are examples of countries putting their national interest — or their version of it — first. We should do the same. If Hungary can do it, why can’t we?
There are no easy answers here. It’s very tricky because we are now in a profoundly different place to any other country in the EU and one size doesn’t obviously fit all.
We need a stance before these negotiations begin. We need to make Brexit political in order to strengthen the hand of our negotiators and take the power in these crucial talks away from the technocrats who tend to value the tyranny of legalistic precision over the logic of common sense.
Why not announce that Ireland will have a referendum on the terms of Brexit, two months after the deal is completed? This could be an all-Ireland referendum under the Belfast Agreement. If the Brexit terms are so severe as to imperil Irish jobs, incomes and futures, we can’t accept it and will have to renegotiate an opt-out on trade, border issues, social security, air travel and, of course, agriculture.
This wouldn’t be a plebiscite on EU membership. We remain within the EU —trade is our lifeblood. But it would be a referendum to see whether the Government has the mandate to implement the agreement, particularly if the EU deal with the UK imperils Irish economic interests in a material and disproportionate way.
Such a move to politicise the negotiations would increase our leverage right now. It would get the EU to take seriously our dilemma because the last thing the EU wants is more political problems, particularly from its star pupil. My fear is that without politicising the outcome, we will hear soothing words from the EU Commission but nothing concrete and ultimately, Irish concerns will be bulldozed by EU federalists, who are intent on punishing the pesky Brits.
Irish European federalists will say that we can’t politicise the deal and will point out to legal intricacies that prevent Ireland from looking for an opt-out or some compromise. But compromise is what you do when you don’t get agreement. In negotiations, each side rarely gets what they want but they get what they need.
By linking Brexit to real politics, we reduce the chances that we end up with an agreement that undermines our economy.
Now all this may not be necessary because there might be a clean deal, whereby the UK ends up like Norway. But what if the negotiations turn bad?
There is a real risk that the UK and EU negotiations might quickly degenerate into entrenched positions. On the EU side there will be the natural urge to “teach the British a lesson”. If I were a French federalist, that would be my base position. On the British side, having promised its people a seamless divorce, there will be the urge to walk away if the costs of the divorce become too high.
Probably the biggest problem is the timeframe. The two parties are trying to unravel 40 years of deals in two years. The British want to move quickly, the Europeans are not so pushed to get everything sorted quickly. The British want the big bang, where everything from banking to air travel, immigration and trade are sorted by 2019, whereas the EU will be more happy to tie up the limited British resources in individual deals one at a time.
Also, remember that the politicians have their own countries to run; like the Greek fiasco where sleep-deprived ministers did deals in Brussels at 5am, these negotiations will be done at the last minute and mistakes will be made.
All the while, the fact is that over 30pc of our imports come from the UK. Ireland feeds England. We have a border with them. One billion euro of trade is done every week between our two countries.
Put simply we have too much at stake. One size doesn’t fit all. We need to make this very clear, otherwise we will be negotiating against ourselves — now that hardly makes any sense at all, does it?
[ The implication of this is profound for Ireland because it means that by siding with the EU 27, we are negotiating against ourselves. But we can’t side with the British, so what do we do? ] We are f(E/U)cked !!!! Because we are in an imperial arrangement that is NOT in or interests. But…that arrangement is in the interests of the political establishment, and everybody who is in favour of a heavy, controlling institutional state. That includes the banks, the civil service, the media, and the canvassers of the main political parties. I think we should be prepared to… Read more »
Britain continues to prepare for Brexit. Britain is starting an overhaul of vocational training, and labour force productivity. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/04/sixth-form-education-undergo-biggest-overhaul-70-years-multi/ It is not Brexit that is the problem, it is the way that the Irish institutional state achieves inefficiency, resource misallocation, failure and largesse for the well connected. In Ireland, one hour from now the talking arses that hold lucrative positions in the Irish institutional state, will state a conversation about the issues of the day on Ireland’s public sector propaganda organ, and Ireland’s private sector propaganda organs (owned by the billionaire who was before a Tribunal over money donated to… Read more »
Do the morons running Ireland’s incompetently run, oversized, overcommitted, insolvent, over-extended institutional state have a plan to handle the post-Brexit scenario ? It seems that they have a plan. Continue sitting on their lazy arses, drawing money out of the rest of us, whilst talking down to us. This has all the ingredients for wholescale failure. Britain is getting it’s act together. Within the EU, Spain is sort of getting it’s act together inspite of the idiot politicians running Spain. And the Visegard countries are getting their act together. We are going to see a two speed Europe. Those that… Read more »
Hi David, Really super stuff. Particularly insightful re farming. Jst to let you know about farming; Big agri business has destroyed Irish farming. The average age of an irish farmer is 57. 60 I think in the US and 64 in Japan. The farmers have Been so landed with debt they can’t farm the way the want to. The Irish farmer provides his livelihood through off farm income. Huge tracts of Irish farm land are being converted to forestry. Cromwell David stood on the V (a valley in tipperary near Cair) looked up the golden vale and remarked “this land… Read more »
Of course, we have a double layer of bureacratic institutional mania going on here. Both of which are dismayed at how anybody could want out of such an incompetently run arrangement as the EU.
One is at EU level, which is involved in a massive face saving exercise.
And one is in the Irish institutional state, which relies on “Big Brother” to give it strength, whilst those that supprt it’s parasitic behaviour continue to become increasingly sceptical of it’s motives and it’s lies.
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Put simply we have too much at stake. One size doesn’t fit all. We need to make this very clear, otherwise we will be negotiating against ourselves — now that hardly makes any sense at all, does it?
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We have done that multiple times under the EU imperial arrangement.
Memories come back of Lenihan’s capitulation over the bank bondholders.
And in case we forget, Obama’s Treasury secretary shafted us to a cost of 30 Billion, and the Irish media have behaved since, like as if they were delighted for a category that includes many prominent advertisers.
1. The “Brexit terms” referendum idea is an interesting one, although this would have put more pressure if it was done before the German/Dutch/French elections. But WHAT would the question/questions be? Because if it is just a general question “do you agree with the current EU Brexit terms?”, this will mean nothing if the electorate says “No” (i.e.: would it mean that they are too harsh or too lenient, and which ones?”). 2. This vagueness poses a problem particularly due to Scotland’s annoucement: that if the UK retains access to the single market, they won’t push for another Independence Referendum.… Read more »
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The British want to move quickly, the Europeans are not so pushed to get everything sorted quickly. The British want the big bang, where everything from banking to air travel, immigration and trade are sorted by 2019, whereas the EU will be more happy to tie up the limited British resources in individual deals one at a time.
Yup. That’s why eventually they will be better off out. The ability to act independently and quickly in the future away from the career technocrats and burden of red tape and infuriating lack of decision making
Bilimori,
Good article that needs a sensible conclusion.
You Irish need to decide to remain as a minor European player or to be a free and independent nation in Alliance with Britain.
You need a referendum and quick, so as to know which side of the table to sit.
Even an Irish horse cannot ride in two opposite directions simultaneously.
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Interminable discussions from a terminally afflicted disposition. Decide whether you want to be an independent country, strong, vibrant, proud and healthy. OR Be absorbed into the multicultural morass of an amalgamated Europe now invaded by non Europeans attempting a cultural takeover. The role of the international banker is largely ignored. Those that control the money supply control the society, country, state or Union. This aspect is studiously ignored by David for discussion as his attitude, training and income are provided by not knocking the Central Banking boat. Until the banking cabal is defeated there is no solution to high taxes,… Read more »
We should just veto everything we can until we get what we want.
I have lived in the UK for 11 years. I not only voted for Leave, but I campaigned as hard as I could for Leave. I look at the Irish Government brown nosing the EUSSR. I see the Irish political class, their lackeys in the media hit the Irish people with relentless pro EU propaganda, which they soak up like a sponge. It’s sicking. It’s fair to say there is a core of the British people who are far wiser and more intelligent than most. This includes many backbenchers in the Conservative party, and UKIP who fought relentlessly to get… Read more »
The British media, meanwhile take aim at a few very well off gombeens in their institutional state, and asking questions if they are really worth so much public money.
The same gombeens in Ireland can have access to the Irish media to tell us that underperformance and failure is the result of “not enough resources”.
We need to wake up, urgently.
The problem with this country is the way we run our own affairs in an failure ridden, incoherent, and extremely inept manner.
We went to local documentary film festival today. Two were of significance.The Killing$ of tony Blair narrated by George Galloway. If you did not know before you will understand by the finish what a pathological liar and crook is Tony Blair. It make one wonder if it is in Ireland’s best interest to trust anything English at all but particularly any promises. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3489996/ We know the results of Trusting the EU or your government to look after your resources and to be fair. See the results of Ireland’s Atlantic fishing and oil exploration in the film produced by Risteard O’Domhnail… Read more »
Recently Salon International de l’Agriculture took place in Paris attended by all French farming groups and politicians . Somewhere behind a stall hidden from the gaping views of the public a small private meeting took place . The only evidence was the smell of the strong blue cheese and the the strong coffee and their lookers on the corners. Some slipped out for a smoke close by when the stress got heavy with gazed eyes and determination . What concentrated their minds was the opportunities afforded to them by Brexit .Ireland was their enemy . Closing in on the final… Read more »
Will the gathering storm be calmed by the application of a new gold standard.
http://averybgoodman.com/myblog/2017/03/04/president-trump-making-america-great-again-the-gold-standard-and-a-230-increase-in-physical-gold-bar-deliveries-all-connected/
“Irish farmers will not vote in a government… that sees 50% tariffs being imposed”
I didn’t realize the farmers’ voting power was decisive.
What is plan B and Plan C if LePen gains power in France and Wilders in Holland or if Greece finally is insolvent as well as bankrupted.
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1101357242253&ca=d2da387e-08c0-4027-ab71-3f130b3d7c58
@David McWilliams
CLOSER TO PARIS?
IS IT TOO LATE FOR FRANCE?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkMBzxNepnM
If Hungary can do it, why can’t we?
Noonan. Kenny.
MARXISM VS CHRISTIANITY -> HIVE MIND VS INDIVIDUAL MIND -> INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY VS COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY CHRIST => “YOU ALONE MUST ATONE FOR YOUR SIN” MARX -> “THE INDIVIDUAL IS A VICTIM OF ENVIRONMENT” => “THE COLLECTIVE MUST ATTONE FOR THE SIN OF THE FEW” . . VICTIMS OF MARXIST BRAINWASHING -> GIVE INDIVIDUAL NO SEPERATE IDENTITY -> THEY ARE UNABLE TO see INDIVIDUAL GUILT . . . IT MANIFESTS IN TWO WAYS -> THE CRIMINAL IS THE VICTIM => THE IMMORAL MUST BE MORAL . . ACTIONS AGAINST ONE “MUST” BE ACTIONS AGAINST OR FOR A GROUP -> “DISCRIMINATION” ->… Read more »
EU not getting it all its own way om immigration.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0307/857771-eu-court-asylum-visas/
Ireland is primed to be pioneers of a cashless society.
There you have it.
We couldn’t open our borders quick enough on foot of the Nice treaty.
And now we’re patting ourselves on the back for rushing headlong into cadhlessness.
FEELING BLASPHEMOUS IN PROPER IRISH TERMS ? Well then ; “An Irish State Civil SERPENT day to u pal !” I could not retrieve recent report of a Department of Health’s Health Executive Authority Human Resource Manager Mizz / Ms or heck it may be even Miss or Mrs. “something” receiving income of circa Euro 300,000 for her role in HSE for last year. But, I came across the following that should be of great interest to Mike Flannely particularly. …………………….. MEET THE F..KERS ! Yeah, visit their homes personally so as to obtain a justifiable stipend. Come to think… Read more »
More gouging on the way.
The cost of a stamp is to rise from 72c to €1 if An Post gets its wish.
It was 55c in 2013.
Just as well there’s no inflation in the EU or so the ECB keeps telling us.
Brexit, Frexit, Nethit, Grxit, Irexit?
What next? A good fighter just “rolls with the punches” until the counter attack.
Is Ireland the dope on the rope?
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-marine-le-pen-frances-trump/
http://economyandmarkets.com/markets/foreign-markets/harry-dent-european-indices-fire-warnings/
STOXX major European index is making lower highs since 2000
Dragged down by France and Southern Europe.
@ Grzegorz, Ref. Ur studies of Irish State court happenings & London-Berlin-Paris Where is Irish State’s Rule of Law “closer to” on reflection of the following ? HEADING ; Man admitted sex attack to church March 9 2017 SUB-HEADING ; The man pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the youth on a date between September and December 2013 at an apartment in Lahinch. THE ARTICLE ; The man pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the youth on a date between September and December 2013 at an apartment in Lahinch. (Stock photo) A 41-year-old Co Clare man has publicly confessed to the congregation… Read more »
BECAUSE THE TRUTH APROPOS OF THE FOLLOWING IS PERSISTENTLY MISREPRESENTED BY MOST ON THIS BLOG & THIS MATTER IS EXCEEDINGLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW PER TODAY’S : World’s Geo-Politics Middle East Geo-Politics EU Politics [ Thus, London-Berlin-Paris ] Irish State security THIS BEING THE TRUTH ; The CIA & Mossad copulated together to create al-Qaeda to perpetuate that endless “War on Terror.” ISIS was birthed from the same womb. HEADING ; MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; CIA, MOSSAD, MI6; SWEDEN Wednesday, 8 March 2017 EXCERPT ; According to a Swedish government report, the Muslim Brotherhood is creating a ‘parallel social structure’ in Sweden, aided… Read more »
Hi David, an interesting aspect to Brexit could be the UK’s re-establishment of direct trade with Commonwealth countries, on a one to one basis. I know from talking to people here in OZ that they see Brexit as a golden opportunity for trade, especially, given the slowdown in mining exports etc. New Zealander’s also would be only too glad to supply the dairy/ meat and other farming related needs of the British consumer. I’m sure Canada would identify opportunities for trade with the UK and would be only too glad to compete with their neighbours across the border in the… Read more »
@ David Mcwilliams.
If you look at the latest ramblings of this misfortune Truthist you will see that he keeps dragging everyone else into his delusions. I know you don’t respond to me but surely this guy keeps breaking protocol of some description?
@ Truthis/goldbug etc.
You need help. I am not trying to malign you. Some relative of yours somewhere cares about you and their affection and love for you will be the source of your recovery;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WEHDU-Plys
Beware the Ides of March “The problem with the ECB reversing its monetary policy is it is the only buyer of large swathes of Eurozone sovereign debt, which otherwise are arguably distressed. The whole Eurozone market for sovereign debt is priced on the back of the ECB’s monthly purchases, and prices can be expected to fall significantly if it slashes its bond-buying programme, or is forced into abandoning negative interest rates. The ECB’s monetary policy, designed to drive the Eurozone into the sunny uplands of economic nirvana, is the sickest joke of monetary failure today, but at least it has… Read more »
LISTEN UP FOLKS! DISRAELI -> “NOTHING IN POLITICS IS AN ACCIDENT” . . IT IS NOT OFTEN WE GET SUCH AN OBVIOUS EXAMPLE -> RIGHT NOW IN THE NEWS => THE MARXISTS ATTACK ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH . . THEIR TACTICS -> COLLECTIVE GUILT VS INDIVIDUAL GUILT => ARE YOU FEELING RESPONSIBLE YET! -> ATTACK THE LIVING WITH THE DEAD WHO CANNOT DEFEND THEMSELVES => THE TRUTH IS WILL COME OUT LONG AFTER WHEN NOBODY IS LISTENING . . WHY DIG UP THIS NOW? -> TIMING IS EVERYTHING => JUST ASK GEORGE SOROS . . OR CULTURAL MARXIST “ZAPPONE” ->… Read more »
“” What is not generally appreciated, even among many sound money advocates, is that silver historically fulfilled the role as the people’s money ever since coins were invented, with gold being preferred only for larger transactions.
No doubt the principal focus will always be on gold as the ultimate metallic money, but the temptation to overlook silver’s monetary credentials is a mistake. Arguably, it could even have a greater claim than gold to be the people’s money, because for all of commercial history it has been more widely circulating for that mundane purpose.””
https://wealth.goldmoney.com/research/market-updates/silver-as-money
GET THEM EARLY AND YOU GET THEM FOR LIFE.
Schools these days are not about education per se but indoctrination centres for politically correct socialization. This has been going on for at least two generations IMHO
“”I’m not surprised that Liberty Junior High School was caught indoctrinating children. Our public schools have been turned against us. Classrooms have been transformed into social engineering petri dishes.
As I wrote in my new book, “The Deplorables’ Guide to Making America Great Again,” if we want to stop this radical, leftwing agenda, parents must engage themselves in the educational process.””
https://www.toddstarnes.com/column/school-teaches-12-year-olds-gender-identity-expression-without-notifying-parents
@Truthist.
Did Jesus make love to Mary Magdalene or is it really only a load of da vinci code nonsense?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/11225598/Lost-gospel-claims-Jesus-and-Mary-were-married-and-had-children.html
If you really believe you are Jesus here is a way to tell if you are or are not. Look down at your willy. See if you are circumcised. If you still have you know what in place guess what? You are plumb out of luck pun intended;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_of_Jesus
“Hodie mihi ; Crass tibi.” = “Me today ; U tomorrow.” Thank u Goldbug for ur moral, & relevant, intervention ; Grzegorz agrees that the best constitution should be based on the Right to LIFE. Then, as natural follow-through ; the Right to LIVE. Then, the state should be much as Tony Brogan advocates ; However, I would retain the Welfare State ; Basic Income for every citizen. Enough for the staples. BUT, ONLY A TINY CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER THE IRISH WELFARE STATE. AND, ABSOLUTELY NO QUANGOS, NOR CHARITIES EMBEDDED WITH IT. And, Private Property Rights as… Read more »
Based on anecdotal and hard verifiable data, the average American family is in the midst of a recession, if not a depression. No amount of propaganda, misinformation, fake government data, or fake news can cover-up the facts. Donald Trump was elected president, not by misogynist, white, racist, xenophobes, but by families (men and women) who have been screwed over by the establishment for decades and left impoverished, hopeless, and depressed. He won the election because radicals like you and me decided to send a message to the arrogant, evil, globalist ruling class that we are mad as hell and aren’t… Read more »
Dearest “TROLLING PEST”, Ref. michaelcoughlan March 10, 2017 at 10:31 am “…I just don’t like when people with pseudonyms drag me into their fantasy world.” Apropos of Pseudonyms ; A regular name could be a pseudonym Such names as Deco, & Coldblow are pseudonyms Apropos of the libel “fantasy world” U attacked me for my necessary mention of the [ nefarious ] role played by : The Freemasons The Rothschilds. … WHY DO U NOT ASK UR INTERLOCUTOR + CONFIDENT DIRECTLY HIS VIEW ON : THE FREEMASONS ? THE ROTHSCHILDS ? … Even ur attacks against me for my disdain… Read more »
WRECK-overy.
Our institutional state is fooling everybody, including itself.
How do you grow an economy where mncs now arrive to pay less than 1% taxation, and where the institutional state is completely oversized, and weher oligopolitic arrangements squeeze out the working population of any sense of progress in their lives ?
Very simple. You borrow, to stand still.
http://www.independent.ie/business/rise-in-state-spending-ran-ahead-of-growth-last-year-35517872.html
Ireland’s WRECKovery.
It is all a Ponzi-economic scam. The most inefficient parts of the economy become more inefficient, whilst the more efficient parts are in retreat, as they are deincentivised.
The good news, – with Britain aming for more competitiveness, the cost of living will decrease in the goods sector (excluding the institutional state mandated stealth taxes).
The bad news – for the rest of the cost of living, the institutional state, and it’s aligned oligarchial entities will simply suck more out of the economy. And competitiveness will flounder.
The really bad news – there is no debate about any of this, but loads of red-herring debates about a lot of nonsense.
Utopia is back on the agenda – sort of.It seems Bill Gates may have been eavesdropping on us.
https://lofi.phys.org/news/2017-03-bill-gates-tax-robots-brighter.html
Bitcoin – getting in the act.
https://lofi.phys.org/news/2017-03-norwegian-prosecutors-demand-bitcoins-drug.html
Posted at http://www.lemotropolecafe.com
*New power source from silver
Hi Bill,
this seems to be a commercial application that will change power generation as we know it. They have created a plasma machine that emits large amounts of UV light that can be collected with specialized Photo voltaic cells. The plasma is ignited through boiling silver in a collector and from that point is self-sustaining, using only minute amounts of water to create a new form of hydrogen that burns like the sun in a controlled manner.
A presentation made in Irvine CA on the 28th of Feb.
https://youtu.be/1lvGLMIbtoQ
“”The story of Trump colluding with the Russians prior to Election Day has now been totally discredited along with the Democrats, mainstream media (MSM) and rogue members of the intelligence agencies. The story has morphed into felony leaks to try to destroy Donald Trump. It has revealed police state tactics from an outgoing party to an incoming party. Did the White House know about the wiretapping of the Trump campaign? Are the leakers inside the Intel agencies going to be charged with felonies for the leaking of information to try to destroy Trump? Can the MSM ever recover from their… Read more »
https://brianmlucey.wordpress.com/2017/03/11/the-politics-of-a-united-ireland/#more-8582
http://www.thedailybell.com/uncategorized/10-best-quotes-from-henry-david-thoreaus-essay-civil-disobedience/
““I heartily accept the motto, ‘That government is best which governs least:’ and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe,-‘That government is best which governs not at all;’ and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have.”-Thoreau
Contemplating what to do after Brexit should incorporate the basic premise of no government or, at most, limited government. Any association within the EU is to accept being throttled by government.
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