I saw Boris Johnson on tv the other
night saying he wanted an honest debate about Europe. So why does he keep
telling lies? As the Treasury Select Committee found, Boris has no scruples
about just making stuff up (which was what got him sacked by The Times, of course). http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/23/very-interesting-boris-johnson-brexit-treasury-select-committee
Boris and his fellow Brexiters were
up in arms because the government is going to send out a letter explaining some of the facts about EU membership. If we are going to have a fair referendum,
this is, of course, vital, as the right wing tabloids spew out a relentless
tide of anti-European propaganda, and have long ago given up any idea of
covering the issue in a balanced, factual way.
But the Brexiters want to silence
anyone who speaks up for Europe. They tried it on President Obama. His advice
to Britain to stay in the EU was particularly inconvenient, because the
anti-Europeans claim we will be able to cosy up to America once we leave Europe.
Boris also tried to ban anyone at
City Hall from saying anything nice about Europe. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/boris-johnson-forced-humiliating-climbdown-7518231
Also interesting this week: the ‘Jagger backs Brexit’ claim (so
apparently do the Queen, and probably God, according to the anti-European
tabloids). If you actually read what Mick said, he argues that for the first 20
years, leaving will damage us. Then in the ‘long term’ it might be ‘beneficial.
‘ As the great economist John Maynard Keynes said: ‘In the long term, we are all
dead.’
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