MM
2018-07-26 14:51:49 UTC
Not enough has been made of the reason why Cameron called the
referendum. We know why he did. It was to keep Tory backbenchers on
side and to stop voters deserting to Ukip. So it was NOT about
offering the people of this country a choice at all, but about Cameron
and the Tories retaining power. While certain people and newspapers
have been complaining about the EU for years, there was no real
movement in the country, apart from among Ukip supporters, to demand a
referendum. It was Cameron in 2013 who suggested the idea, then
finally ran with it in the 2015 manifesto.
One can see it was a political ploy from the outset. Little, if any,
research was done prior to calling the referendum as to what would
happen post-referendum, because, as we now know, precious little was
done to plan for the eventuality of a Leave vote. Cameron was all too
sure that the result would be a vote to remain, i.e. for the status
quo. This Remain result, thought Cameron, would finally silence all
his Tory backbench bastards, who would reluctantly shove their shivs
back in the scabbard.
But then Leave won and Cameron scarpered PDQ. Not only had he done no
preparation for Leave, he hadn't envisaged losing and what would then
happen to him personally. As the night of the 23/24 June progressed
and Cameron saw what was happening, he must already have been making
plans to make a dash for it, at the earliest opportunity. This
presented itself at around 8:30 a.m. just a few hours after David
Dimbleby had announced to the nation "We're out."
But when and where since then has David Cameron been taken to task
over his humongous error of judgement? I don't recall seeing a single
interview post-referendum with him! He disappeared as if in a witness
protection programme. Did no one think to ask later what possessed him
to divide the country from top to bottom? To make his Tory
backstabbers even stronger? The backstabbers who Theresa May now has
to contend with.
I believe !6 million remainers deserve to hear it from the former
Prime Minister, to hear him admit that he got the whole thing wrong
and for the divisions in the country he caused he is heartily sorry.
But is he? Perhaps he couldn't care less about the people, as it
certainly wasn't the people whom he called the referendum for.
Cameron now speaks for loadsamunney aross the world, so if he can do
that all right, why not spend half an hour with Andrew Neil or James
O'Brien? Or is he too afraid of being made to look a fool?
http://www.theweek.co.uk/brexit/72848/what-is-david-cameron-doing-now
MM
referendum. We know why he did. It was to keep Tory backbenchers on
side and to stop voters deserting to Ukip. So it was NOT about
offering the people of this country a choice at all, but about Cameron
and the Tories retaining power. While certain people and newspapers
have been complaining about the EU for years, there was no real
movement in the country, apart from among Ukip supporters, to demand a
referendum. It was Cameron in 2013 who suggested the idea, then
finally ran with it in the 2015 manifesto.
One can see it was a political ploy from the outset. Little, if any,
research was done prior to calling the referendum as to what would
happen post-referendum, because, as we now know, precious little was
done to plan for the eventuality of a Leave vote. Cameron was all too
sure that the result would be a vote to remain, i.e. for the status
quo. This Remain result, thought Cameron, would finally silence all
his Tory backbench bastards, who would reluctantly shove their shivs
back in the scabbard.
But then Leave won and Cameron scarpered PDQ. Not only had he done no
preparation for Leave, he hadn't envisaged losing and what would then
happen to him personally. As the night of the 23/24 June progressed
and Cameron saw what was happening, he must already have been making
plans to make a dash for it, at the earliest opportunity. This
presented itself at around 8:30 a.m. just a few hours after David
Dimbleby had announced to the nation "We're out."
But when and where since then has David Cameron been taken to task
over his humongous error of judgement? I don't recall seeing a single
interview post-referendum with him! He disappeared as if in a witness
protection programme. Did no one think to ask later what possessed him
to divide the country from top to bottom? To make his Tory
backstabbers even stronger? The backstabbers who Theresa May now has
to contend with.
I believe !6 million remainers deserve to hear it from the former
Prime Minister, to hear him admit that he got the whole thing wrong
and for the divisions in the country he caused he is heartily sorry.
But is he? Perhaps he couldn't care less about the people, as it
certainly wasn't the people whom he called the referendum for.
Cameron now speaks for loadsamunney aross the world, so if he can do
that all right, why not spend half an hour with Andrew Neil or James
O'Brien? Or is he too afraid of being made to look a fool?
http://www.theweek.co.uk/brexit/72848/what-is-david-cameron-doing-now
MM