THE BREXIT DEAL

In Turbo Brexit: and the case against Brino, I wrote:

‘Independence will be taken as consisting of three aspects. First, sovereignty and the ability of government to take decisions; equally important is their willingness to do so. A government might be sovereign, but if it continually defers decisions it should take to outside entities then that sovereignty becomes diluted or even worthless. Power is not the same as sovereignty, and the ability to implement a decision should be taken into consideration in the exercise of sovereignty.

Second, is military power and security. Is a sovereign, independent nation able to defend itself and its borders? Does it have the military capability to project forces to support foreign policy objectives? Naturally, a puny military power will have less influence than a strong one.

Third, is the economy. Can the sovereign, independent nation pay its way? Can the government pay its bills and honour its obligations to its people? Currently, the British government cannot and successive governments have been dishonouring commitments to the public for a considerable time (the erosion of the state pension and social care being obvious examples). Can a country trade successfully and export sufficient goods and services to pay for imports? Currently, Britain cannot. Change is therefore necessary and this is an important reason for Turbo Brexit. Britain cannot afford to blunder on indefinitely as it is, as a member of the EU.’

The ten points comprising Turbo Brexit were a list of issues and measures that were presented as necessary for the UK to make the most of leaving the EU. Now that the Tory Government has finally agreed a deal with the EU, in preference to simply leaving without a formal deal, it would be useful to compare the deal with the ten Turbo Brexit points. Those points being:

1. A complete end to the annual payments to the EU. Any post-Brexit deal should exclude any further payments to the EU. The so-called Norway Model should be rejected. From the money saved, £100 million per week should be allocated to the NHS. The sooner the EU payments cease, the sooner the extra funding for the NHS is available.
2. There should be a full restoration of British sovereignty. Neither the EU nor any other international organization, should have any power over Britain’s internal affairs. Britain’s laws should be determined by Britain’s parliament. Britain should withdraw from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights and repeal the so-called Human Rights Act.
3. Britain should regain full control over its territorial waters and those should be set at the international standard, with the fishing limit extended to 200 miles. Britain should have full control over its fishing policy and fish conservation.
4. There should be an end of free movement of people and Britain should take whatever measures are necessary to bring mass immigration to a complete end. The EU should have no say over who lives in Britain. Illegal immigrants and immigrant political extremists should be deported. This must necessitate withdrawing from the UN Convention on Refugees; help should be given to genuine refugees in their own or neighbouring countries. British citizenship should not be granted until someone has lived in Britain for at least 30 years and is someone of good standing.
5. Overseas Aid should be reduced to a minimum. The aim should be to reduce it by at least £10 billion. Those who wish to give donations to overseas bodies and charities are of course free to do so with their own money.
6. Britain’s trade policy should be one of balanced trade. Britain has a massive balance of trade deficit with the EU and also with China. Britain needs to adopt trade policies that will eliminate these trade deficits. If necessary, tariffs should be used. In addition, there should be measures to prevent further key British firms being taken over by foreign entities. Other countries protect their key industries and so should Britain.
7. There should be a determined de-Marxification programme to remove the ideology of political correctness from society. Those promoting political correctness should have their access to public monies cut. Political correctness should cease to be the basis of morality and patriotism should be quietly engendered.
8. Priority should be given to reducing the government spending deficit; ending the scandal of councils seizing pensioners’ homes if they are taken into care; and reintroducing a fully transferable married couples’ tax allowance. To raise money, in addition to the extra tax income from increased growth due to trade being brought back into balance, and the savings on overseas aid and payments to the EU, there should be the introduction of a Solidarity Tax on those who have thus far avoided the extra costs of the political correctness and immigration that they so loudly demand. All organizations bringing in immigrants should be charged the full cost of a house; there is no reason why taxpayers should fund a housebuilding programme to cater for the immigrants brought in to save wages and training costs for business and other organizations; let those organizations which do so well out of immigration pay to house those immigrants.
9. The House of Lords needs to be replaced to better reflect the views of ordinary people and to cull the collection of cronies with which the chamber has been stuffed since the expulsion of most of the hereditary peers; it has become an expensive Ponzi class gravy train and is dysfunctional. There should also be the introduction of an English parliament to give the English an equal footing in Britain. The powers devolved to the various national parliaments should be equalized with a proper federal structure.
10. There should be selective measures taken to tackle crony capitalism, self-aggrandising lawyers and dishonest bankers (including their agents). Monopoly abuse should be met with fines. Lawyers should no longer be allowed to manipulate the law to their own financial advantage (e.g. orchestrating allegations from foreigners against British troops, and exploiting divorce proceedings). It should be assumed that the wealth created during a marriage is split evenly in order to simplify, make fairer and minimize lawyers’ fees. Small and medium-sized businesses should have the law amended to alter the balance of power in their favour regarding banks. Bank criminality should be aggressively prosecuted.

To respond to these numbered points in turn, point 1 has been largely achieved. Having shovelled large sums at the EU during the transition period, and with some extra payments agreed in the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has not committed to making yet further payments post-Brexit. The Norway Model has not been adopted. The extra funding to the NHS has been overtaken by the Covic-19 pandemic.

Regarding point 2, the Brexit Deal is ambiguous in its impact. Superficially, sovereignty has been restored, but the deal includes a commitment from the UK to stay under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights and to abide by its rulings. The UK likewise remains under to influence of other globalist institutions and shows little inclination to change this. Furthermore, Northern Ireland is to remain in limbo and, in part at least, under EU rule. There has yet to be a full restoration of British sovereignty.

Point 3 has not been adhered to. The UK has not regained full control over its territorial waters. The fishing industry has been sold out. This is a shameful betrayal. Unlike any other independent country, the UK does not have control over its own territorial waters.

Point 4, regarding immigration, the UK has regained control of its borders, but the Tory Government is determined to increase mass immigration rather than to end it. Millions of Hong Kong Chinese are to be encouraged to immigrate. Moreover, the various so-called human rights legislation allows judges to facilitate illegal immigration into the UK, with one barmy ruling following another. Without terminating the variety of so-called human rights laws and repealing the 1951 UN Convention on Refugees, it will be difficult to stop the continued colonization of England. The agreement in the Brexit Deal to remain under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights is a major problem, as it is likely to be an impediment to tackling even illegal immigration.

Point 5 is not dependent upon the Brexit Deal, and some effort to reduce the Overseas Aid budget has already been made. But the reduction is nowhere near enough and many Tories are still chattering about the UK being a ‘development superpower’.

Point 6, regarding trade policy, has not been met at all. The Tories in particular, and the ruling class in general, have spent the years since the Brexit vote in a great big tizzy about free trade. Frictionless borders were the objective. This enabled the EU to take the UK for all they could get and is in large part the reason for terms of the Brexit Deal. Given that the balance of payments deficit with the EU is in excess of £100billion annually, then this is a central issue and a serious failure (see here and here). The EU is prepared to use protectionist measures, including tariffs, to protect its interests, whereas the UK is eager to surrender its interests in pursuit of free trade. The outcome of this is reflected in the terms of the Brexit Deal, the willingness to betray the fishing industry, and will continue to dog the UK into the future.

Point 7, the need for a de-Marxification programme to rid the UK of the false morality of political correctness, is mainly independent from the EU for a sovereign country. Far from showing some Conservative values, the Tories remain committed to political correctness and no meaningful change is on the horizon.

Point 8 is not dependent upon the Brexit Deal or the EU, but has not been in any way an objective for the Tory Government. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Government spending and borrowing are out of control. The Tory Government further intends to continue to subsidize the costs of mass immigration, and offload costs onto the general public in the form of unpaid bills.

Point 9 is not dependent upon the EU at all. The Tories see no reason to reform the House of Lords, and are merrily appointing now peers at each opportunity. There is no recognition for the need for an English parliament or a proper federal structure for the UK. Scotland’s lurch towards independence is a consequence of this, and the threat of Scottish independence will continue to grow.

Nothing has been done regarding point 10. Bankers and Lawyers remain a law unto themselves and continue to loot the country for all they can get.

The extent to which the Brexit Deal has failed to restore full UK sovereignty and the failure to even recognise the need to bring the UK’s trade with the EU back into balance, let alone even attempt to do something about it, are the two major failings of the Brexit Deal. The political and economic costs will be high. The UK’s economic, military and political decline will continue. Living standards will continue to be eroded. UK plc remains a sinking ship.

Future historians may well conclude that in the battle between the Brexiteers and Remainers, the globalists won. The Brexit Deal is a globalist Brexit. A struggle between the globalists and patriots lies ahead.