“British people will still be able to go and work in the EU; to live; to travel; to study; to buy homes and to settle down. As the German equivalent of the CBI – the BDI – has very sensibly reminded us, there will continue to be free trade, and access to the single market.
“Britain is and always will be a great European power, offering top-table opinions and giving leadership on everything from foreign policy to defence to counter-terrorism and intelligence-sharing – all the things we need to do together to make our world safer.”
That was Mr 'Cake' Johnson in a newspaper article he wrote post-referendum. Despite these promises, he also believes "It would be perfectly OK if we weren't able to get an agreement", and he admits that leaving the EU means leaving the single market ,though of course, "I’d vote to stay in the single market. I’m in favour of the single market." So why did he lead the Leave campaign?
Mr Johnson is now Foreign Secretary. His appointment to such an important and delicate position, one that until now required some skill at being diplomatic, was a bit of a surprise to world leaders. Apparently he has ambitions on the top job.
Certainly Mrs 'U-turn' May has done an embarrassingly poor job so far. She won't tell anybody anything about her plans, and back-pedals on those policies that she does announce or lets them fade into the background.
But would the push-me-pull-you Mr Johnson be an improvement? His gaffes are embarrassing enough without having them come from our Prime Minister. He blusters to disguise his crowd-pleasing insincerity. He lacks any goal but power and popularity. He wants to be loved. We in the UK may already be figures of pity but there is no need to compete with the USA to become figures of scorn, with a comedy leadership, making statements to gain airtime rather than further the UK's best interests.
He shouldn't even be Foreign Secretary. His casual, self-serving attitude is not fitting for a post which affects our international standing - especially if we intend to set up individual free trade negotiations with every country in the world. If he thinks that our current negotiations don't matter, getting an agreement doesn't matter, that respect and politeness are unnecessary, then he should be kept well away from anything to do with our future trading partners, especially our biggest - the EU.
Surely he would be better suited to being the Arts and Leisure minister? Or maybe simply court jester?
No comments:
Post a Comment