The overnight message from the
local government elections confirms my prediction that the Prime Minister will yield on the issue of a Customs Union and the
Leader of the Opposition will face down members of the Parliamentary Party who
want the People’ Vote, and attempt to pass the Withdrawal agreement and a new
political declaration before the EEC
elections are held, if the margin is sufficient to get the necessary
legislation passed, or immediately after the EEC elections to ensure that those elected do
not take up their seats.
The result of the local government
elections would have been different if the Brexit and Change Parties had time
to establish a local party structure and select candidates. Fortunately, they
were not, and the message to both groups is that as soon as Brexit is sorted,
you will have no future as a political force as the electorate will revert to
the natural order of politics but with the Lib Dems, the Greens, and genuine local
Independents gaining and the likely outcome of no party having overall control
in the House of Commons.
However, the ability to get a
May Corbyn Brexit deal through the Commons is in question as the no deal Tory Brexiteers
in the House of Commons and the anti-Corbyn Remainers of the PLP become more
angry and fearful of a deal and are given full support by some at the BBC in
particular, and a platform on Sky and ITV news channels. The National papers will continue to appeal
to the No deal and anti-Corbyn interests, so only social media will be
available for objective and rational democrats who understand human behaviour and the nature of political
power to communicate and press for peaceful compromise which will enable good
order and good people to get on with their lives, protecting and furthering the
best interests of themselves, their relatives and friends within a fair and
just rule of law.
We need to avoid a Britain
with a political leadership pandering to those who welcome the dangerous
extremism of Trump, of the theoretical Marxists or the wishy washy populism of Macron. It remains
important for the future of the planet that Britain remains a state with sufficient
influence to contribute in meaningful way to world peace, to tackling climate change and the future of
the planet, tackling disease, food and
water deprivation, protecting and furthering the interests of women and
girls, and those with disabilities,
defending against the imposition of
religious beliefs, and against organised
crime, and takes radical action to end
structural economic, political and social inequality.
