On Wednesday 3rd April, the Commons voted, by a ‘winning’ margin of one vote, for a Bill that rules out a no deal Brexit and by definition, seeks a lengthy extension to Article 50. A Bill that is now going through the Lords and is being filibustered by a number of Brexit supporting members of that house.

The point is the muppets in Parliament can pass whatever legislation they like in relation to Brexit – what they can’t seem to grasp is that it’s the EU 27 who will be making the decision about granting an extension to Article 50. The evidence suggests that a pissed off Brussels will be glad to see the back of the UK. If the hacks writing for the UK media had been bothering to pay attention to what’s going on in Brussels, it would soon dawn on them that there’s sod all chance of the EU 27 granting the UK a lengthy extension.

Let’s spell this out to the Westminster bubble, politicos and hacks alike: It’s. Not. Just. About. You!

Is that clear? We realise that the last remnants of post empire, post imperial hubris which deludedly thinks Britain is still a major player in the world may well be addling the brains in the Westminster bubble. With Brussels now being the party that’s dictating when and how the UK departs the EU, you would have thought that reality would be catching up with the Westminster bubble. However, it would appear that a harsh reality check is needed and it’s coming very soon…

A no deal exit at 11pm on Friday 12th April is still on.

When faced with the realities of the UK being at the back of the queue for trade deals in a post no deal Brexit world, having to beg to get anything, maybe, just maybe, the last remnants of post empire, post imperial hubris will finally start to crumble away for good. As that is crumbling away, as the uber Brexiteer patriots survey their precious United Kingdom, they will note increasing restiveness in Scotland and a resurgence in the desire for independence. They may well also note that what will eventually turn out to be an untenable situation regarding the ‘border’ between the six counties and the rest of Ireland will be fuelling the desire for Irish re-unification.

We know this is a serious situation but do you know what we find hilarious about this? It’s the puffed up uber Brexiteers unwittingly driving their precious United Kingdom onto the rocks and towards eventual break up. Rubbing salt into the wounds, in what could be seen as symbolic of the broken state of the nation, this afternoon (Thursday 4th April), the House of Commons had to be suspended as water started to cascade through the ceiling!

The problem is, a (justly) humiliated, disintegrating UK isn’t going to be a pleasant place to live as those who brought into the myths of Britain’s ‘greatness’ see it wrecked. That’s when the lashing out, blame games and worse will really kick in. That’s when we’ll have to raise our game so it’s our radical agenda that gets on the table, not that of the reactionaries. There’s everything to gain and everything to lose…

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