Blog 2023 Malcolm Blair-Robinson

This Blog has long held the view that the outcome, which Thatcher feared when the two Germanys became one after the fall of the Wall, has happened. Germany is the power in Europe. Exasperated by the continuous histrionics about all that does not suit Britain in the EU, Merkel has finally spoken. This is not just about Britain, it is about the whole of the EU. The EU has its principles and Germany will guard them. Among many, one is special. The free movement of people within a free market. That will not change. If you do not like it you can go. Put crudely the message is knuckle down or piss off.

So here we are at last. Britain has to stay in Europe on Germany’s terms. Farage will be thrilled because this makes a vote to leave in a referendum a real possibility. But wait. The British people are a good deal more savvy than their politicians. They know one or two important things. The first is Germany may be right; rules are rules and freedom to go all over Europe brings great benefits to all Brits. The leave Europe camp have a fantasy that Britain will get a trade agreement with the EU which does not require that we adhere to all EU rules about everything; this is as big a non runner as Alex Salmond’s currency union and people know that. The leave Europe camp has no clear idea of an alternative economic path for Britain to tread. Finally if Britain did in fact vote to leave, this would trigger another referendum in Scotland and the Scots would for sure vote to quit the UK.

So we would be back to little England. But then again maybe not. The British did not get to where they did by being silly. Farage may prove to be England’s Salmond, Cameron and the Tory Right may be humiliated and the Brits may see in Merkel a leader with more merit than their own. It has happened before. When the Royal Stuarts finally failed, the Brits chose  a German as King.

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Dr. Rachael Benedict is an American historian and a best-selling author. She has a British connection through her estranged father Saul, an English thriller writer. Saul, whose parents were of Anglo-German origin, has spent much of his life plotting to expose secrets from World War Two, which are so sensitive they have been subject to an extensive cover-up lasting seventy years. As the time approaches for him to make his move to expose duplicity, murder and lies at the heart of the British State, he seeks Rachael’s help. This provokes a killing spree as parts of the security services of both Britain and the United States become engaged in the drama, with one side determined to get the secrets out and the other determined to keep them hidden.

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