Leave Means Leave
What happens when a referendum is held, but three years later, the government responsible for enacting the results of the referendum has failed to comply? We’re about to learn the answer to that question, as the people of the UK have been betrayed by their government. The people voted for “Brexit” very nearly three years ago. Their government promised to carry out their wishes. They wanted to leave the European Union. Instead, rather than accede to the lawful demands of the people, the government has conspired to ignore those results, spending most of the intervening time trying to re-litigate the case in order to convince the public that it should not “Brexit.” At this point, given this coup d’etat against the rule of law, the people of the UK would be justified in any action undertaken to forcibly remove the current government, cast off the parliament, and reform government anew. In short, they would be right to seize control through violent means and eject the traitors who have effectively abolished the rule of law. Theresa May has been a disgrace, and her latest surrender to the so-called “Remainers” is just the latest betrayal. At stake is the whole of the UK as a credible institution of government, but once more, the people of the UK, by accepting this, will ratify all the tyrannies that will be heaped upon them in the future. They are accepting a permanent insurrection by the government against the people.
The late 18th century French diplomat, lawyer and philosopher Joseph de Maistre is quoted as having said:
“Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite.“
Translated, this is “Every nation gets the government it deserves.” Considering this momentarily, it is essentially correct. People who will permit the rise of tyranny will soon find a tyrant ruling over them. Those who purposefully restrain and restrict their government will maintain its awful power in some semblance of control. It’s a story as old as governments. Now in the UK, the people on both sides of the referendum held nearly three years ago are permitting the government to delay and obfuscate and confound the exit. It’s shameful, but it demonstrates what happens when a people forget the historical lessons learned through the blood and toil of their forebears. They are permitting their government to abscond with the rule of law. Some might wonder why this should concern the American people, but I believe there exists an important warning in this case.
The problem is that too many in their government have become too thoroughly convinced that they know what’s best for the people, irrespective of the notions of the people. They believe their ideas are superior to an extent that they need not heed the rightful rule of the people. This is a test of sorts, and at present, the people of Britain are failing it. On the one hand, the portion of the public who lost the vote three years ago are happily going along with the delays of the “Remain” MPs(Members of Parliament). That seems natural enough, but for the foolishness of such a stance. They are setting themselves up to be just as thoroughly overruled in similar fashion by the other side of some issue at some future point, but of course, being a traitorous lot now, they expect that “Remain” would effectively free them from any blow-back. What they don’t understand is how they are actually laying the groundwork, and the just cause of a civil war.
The voters who won the referendum are contributing to the problem too. Rather than standing firm, insisting that the referendum be enforced whether there’s a “deal” or not, they’ve gone soft. If they permit the forces of “Remain” to prevail, they might just as well surrender now. If they aren’t prepared for bloodshed as the final method by which to enforce the referendum, they are permitting the rule of law to be abolished, and they will shortly get precisely the sort of tyrannical government they deserve. In one sense, this is precisely what’s going on in the United States, and we may see a similar result. Donald Trump was narrowly victorious in 2016, much as Brexit defeated Remain in that same year. Ever since Trump’s election, the people of the political establishment in DC, the so-called “Uni-party,” has carried out a series of both overt and covert attacks and obstructions against his presidency, all designed to nullify the vote of the people. In the same way, the political establishment in the UK has been out to subvert the will of the people since the vote in 2016.
There’s no doubt that we’re talking about the same adversary, in a philosophical sense. For the last two years, the American people have let the media and the Washington DC establishment conspire to negate much of Donald Trump’s agenda. This must end, just as the people of the UK must enforce their will. Some “Remainers” like to point out that it was a non-binding referendum, but that ignores the fact that the government had vowed to abide by the results. The striking part is that the Deep State in the UK also claimed Russian interference in the referendum. The actual effectiveness of any such alleged interference, even if existent, could not have provided the margin of victory for “Brexit.” In the same way the ruling class elites in the DC Uni-party work to implement their agenda and obstruct Trump’s the same can be seen in the UK.
It’s despicable. I am not an advocate for violence in a civilized world, where the rule of law is observed. Sadly, the UK government has decided to ignore and obstruct the will of the people despite former declarations to the contrary. If the British people permit this now, they are surrendering all control over their government. They’re effectively accepting being ruled rather than being rulers. I view this as a warning for we Americans. The same process is playing out. Most Americans want the border secured, and illegal immigrants deported. Most Americans want the drug trade impeded by virtue of less porous borders and strong law enforcement efforts. Most Americans want their government to do their bidding by observing the existing immigration laws, but what they get instead is an effort by the same Uni-party elitists not merely to prevent the imposition of their will, but to actually further the aims of the pro-Amnesty, pro-open borders crowd. In the same way that our will is being defied by our government, the people of the UK are watching their own government betray them. It is despicable, and then some.
Watching the people of the UK let its government disrespect the will of the people as expressed in the 2016 referendum is frightening. It means that most people in a civilized country will refrain from enforcing their will, and that their opposition will only too happily seize the yielded ground. If this is true, it may be true of us, and it may well represent a preview of what we will see in 2020. The people of the UK, both those who voted to “Brexit” as well as those who voted to Remain, should insist that the government honor that referendum, and make it plain that it will come to violence should the government fail to carry out that instruction from the people. Ultimately, it’s the only way a people can gain or maintain control of their governments: The credible threat of force if the government should abandon the rule of law and its commitments to the people.
I have long feared that the UK was a harbinger of our own future. I have long feared that as the British people go, so shall the American people, and it has looked for a long time as though the people of Britain have chosen slavery to the elite. It may be that the “Brexit” vote will have been the dying gasp of the UK, subsumed for all times in the cesspool of continental subjugation. What Adolph Hitler could not manage in open war against that proud people, Angela Merkel may well have managed in her covert war against liberty. Time will tell. Will Britain finally fall? Will we? Time is running out, and so it seems, is the resolve of the British people.
