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by tamada » January 2, 2021, 9:50 am
^ There ya go, our DM's an old romantic.
WRT the notion that the BBC isn't as fair and balanced as they claim, one of their weekly Radio 5 morning shows decided to hold the last of their weekly "Brexit Phone-in" sessions. The host wanted listeners to call-in and regardless of their stance on the original vote or subsequent deal, to suggest ways and means to bury the hatchet and work together to make Brexit actually work. The host ended up with about four Remainers who could not countenance any sort of way where the U.K. would ever succeed with one particularly gloomy and bombastic caller saying that laying the groundwork for rejoining the EU at the earliest opportunity was the imperative. At no time was this gobby jerk shouted down or moderated, much to the obvious (open microphones) exasperation of the show's host. The feeling of being betrayed by a hugely ignorant British voter was the enduring message. With no significant contribution from the vote Leave callers, I can only assume they were, like myself, still celebrating the U.K.'s grand flounce.
If anyone has been listening to the BBC with any sort of consistency during the last year (for me, it's at least two hours daily since last May), you will know that they have no bias or stance WRT Brexit. I cannot vouch for the endless, short attention span loops of BBC television that we can see on local cable channels but it seems that Euro-scepticism is the remit of most of the presenters on Sky News.
I voted to Leave and love him or hate him, Boris Johnson delivered the pig in a poke which in all reality was the best we could expect. I have absolutely no love for the current PM, especially when I consider the coterie of spineless yes-men and women he stuffed his Cabinet with. There are some that have already been rinsed through previous Tory leaders ineffective administrations and didn't do themselves any favors then.
I see the big test is for Johnson to keep the promises he made to the older "borrowed" northern red vote at the same time as delivering on policy and projects that keep the younger, first-time voters onside. For now, the former are probably very happy with Brexit while the latter see leaving the EU as an impediment to their future. The next UK election could be in around two years from now (?), right in the middle of all these post-Brexit special committees that have been enabled to keep the U.K.'s tariff-free access to the single market while not being a member. I think 2021 is another write-off due to imponderables of any rapid escape from the pandemic's grip but 2022 onwards it will be "game-on".
