First, we have the wedding. Then, the honeymoon. Then, we discover the unpleasant hidden details.
This Brexit Clusterf*ck should probably hold the record for the shortest honeymoon ever. Right after the Wedding Night, the Leaving Knights in Shining Armor were already backpedaling on some of their most iconic campaign flags.
You know that immigration thingie that got you all riled up and made you vote "Leave"? Well, funny you should mention that, because, you know, remember how the Leave campaign said it would "take control back", and all that jazz? Imagine that, as it happens, there are several definitions of "control". In this case, what they meant was taking "some control over roughly who comes in and roughly in what numbers".
Or, translated from weasel-talk, "There's no way in Hell we're going to stop the influx of cheap labor that ensures huge profits for the UK-based elites".
Oh, and you know those weekly £350M that were going to get poured into the NHS, now that the UK would no longer have to give it to those dreadful continental leeches? Apparently, there's been a bit of a cock-up there, I'm afraid. According to Farage, that brilliant example of meritocracy in action, it was "a mistake". No shit, Nigel, old chap. Who could've predicted that, hey?
As much as I applaud the UK for leaving the EU, this won't solve any problem for those that voted "Leave". Just as it happens in Portugal, the national elite is as much part of the problem as the European elites and the elites of the other member-states. And the UK elite won't change its money-sucking ways because of this.
Right now, everybody is wanking about the "market", the "wiped value", and a lot of other meaningless bullshit. When all this blows over, I have little doubt that the rules towards capital movement will be safeguarded, and I suspect that the same won't be guaranteed when it comes to the people.
In or out, those that actually work and create wealth (hint: it's not the elites) will get shafted.
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