BREXIT - THE U.K.'S COLONIAL DREAM
There are still those who think our tiny island is a major player in world affairs, that we can punch above our weight and that we have so much to offer others.
Those who still hanker after lost influence and those old colonial days when we ruled our empire and travelled with a sense of privilege and advantage.
Those who fantasise now about going it alone, dreaming about all we will achieve by ourselves.
It's the sort of thinking that leads to the 'Brexit means Brexit' approach, as though there was just one interpretation, one analysis.
It often goes with the illusion of 'Britishness' that there is such a thing as a 'pure Brit'. We are an island of minestrone soup. Dip the spoon into any inhabitant, even the most apparently 'British' and you'll find multiple ingredients.
So what does 'Brexit' actually mean? The truth is no-one knows.
It is a hybrid word, born of in-house Tory politics and Cameron's lost gamble, that has resurrected our colonial fantasies and threatens to add to world fragmentation.
Hopefully, as the negative consequences of the Brexit experiment emerge and sweep away the deceitful Aladdin's Cave promises of the Brexiteers and the prejudices which provided the fuel to drive them to victory, a more considered and nuanced interpretation of the word will be found, that will awaken us to the fact that the Commonwealth replaced our Colonial rule.
Those who still hanker after lost influence and those old colonial days when we ruled our empire and travelled with a sense of privilege and advantage.
Those who fantasise now about going it alone, dreaming about all we will achieve by ourselves.
It's the sort of thinking that leads to the 'Brexit means Brexit' approach, as though there was just one interpretation, one analysis.
It often goes with the illusion of 'Britishness' that there is such a thing as a 'pure Brit'. We are an island of minestrone soup. Dip the spoon into any inhabitant, even the most apparently 'British' and you'll find multiple ingredients.
So what does 'Brexit' actually mean? The truth is no-one knows.
It is a hybrid word, born of in-house Tory politics and Cameron's lost gamble, that has resurrected our colonial fantasies and threatens to add to world fragmentation.
Hopefully, as the negative consequences of the Brexit experiment emerge and sweep away the deceitful Aladdin's Cave promises of the Brexiteers and the prejudices which provided the fuel to drive them to victory, a more considered and nuanced interpretation of the word will be found, that will awaken us to the fact that the Commonwealth replaced our Colonial rule.
ARCHBISHOP JONATHAN BLAKE IS INNOCENT-HE HELPED STOP A PAEDOPHILE
http://bishopjonathanblake.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/press-release-concerning-met-police.html
"You brave, courageous and wonderful man.
To stand up for the truth in the face of suppression and oppression
is truly an act of a pure heart."
posted by Bishop Jonathan Blake | 9:47 AM
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