So we have one conservative friend of Israel replaced by another. This country is fucked, unless this sorry excuse for a government is brought down. It is now clear that we have no independent foreign policy, the rest of the civilised world recognizes Palestine, condemns Israel for their brutal apartheid policies, but Great Britain, (what an oxymoron that is), stands shoulder to shoulder with them, alongside Trump’s America and our new allies Saudi Arabia and Turkey. That is our position now on the world stage. I grew up in a world where this country stood for something, the have nots and victims of injustice looked to us to take a lead in addressing their plight because of our reputation for common decency and independence of spirit, regardless of geopolitical interests. When push came to shove we set an example and did the right thing. If a cabinet minister was caught shagging a hooker he had to hang his head in shame in the Commons and tender his resignation. Nowadays they can lie, cheat on their expenses, pocketing thousands, blatantly sell themselves to the highest bidder, openly put the interests of a foreign state above the interests of the country they are elected to represent, and nobody really bats an eyelid. We really do deserve better.
As for the state of affairs now, regarding Brexit and all it will entail for this country my personal opinion is that it will be disastrous. Thirty five years ago was the time for Brexit, i supported it all day long. But that was then, we have to deal with the world as it is now. The fact is, regarding foreign policy, we have a stark choice. We stay in a European alliance, our geographical neighbours, which has kept the peace but retains a certain amount of independence from the US, much to our successive governments disgust, or we fuck them off and join Trump’s America, standing in line behind Israel but probably in front of Saudi Arabia and Turkey! That is the reality that has to be faced. Things are on a knife edge in the Middle East at the moment, Israel and Saudi Arabia are desperate for war with Lebanon, Hezbolla, then Iran, with the US orchestrating in the background. Pritti Patel was just doing her duty, but not for the country she represents. In a just world she would not have been allowed to resign,‘with honour’, she should not have been sacked, she should have been met at Heathrow by the appropriate authorities, taken to West End Central and interviewed under caution.
The ironic thing for me, is that, in my opinion, the main reasons for the leave vote being ‘taking back control’, ie, immigration, and "unelected bureaucrats"in Brussels undermining our democracy, the truth is that the ones repeating this mantra for years are doing the undermining. Friends of Israel, sponsoring MPs, bribing them with 5 star holidays and the like. Rupert Murdoch, Paul Dacre, Barclay Brothers, Pritti Patel and her fellow travellers, they are all rabid Brexiters. If anybody really believes that when/if Brexit is a reality these vermin will have the interests of the rest of us at heart they would surely believe six impossible things before breakfast.