We recently took issue (You Never Know) with the following: In a WSJ Weekend piece, Fraser Nelson, the editor of Spectator and Daily Telegraph columnist, writes in his "A Very British Revolution," The world is looking at Britain and asking: What on Earth just happened? Those who run Britain are asking the same question.
Mr. Nelson claims there are no parallelisms between the UK Brexit vote and the Trump movement. He is wrong, completely out of touch not only with many Americans but apparently with many of his own fellow Brits. We welcome your response, sir.
The story below from today's Financial Times with the link to it further supports our premise that the leave Brexit vote in the UK has far closer similarities to the U.S. upcoming presidential election and the traction Donald Trump is generating among voters who are hardly xenophobes, gun-nuts, haters, isolationists or white redneck crazies.
Immigration is a global issue EU bureaucrats ignored at what now turns out to be their own peril. Those in the UK who voted to leave are neither hateful nor crazy in the main. They have a legitimate concern that was not being heard. Ask Angel Merkel this morning. Or Japan's Prime Minister.
There are other legitimate issues to be sure. These and immigration are dividing issues. Get it and get it straight. Park the epithets where they belong, completely absent from the debate. Understand what's at risk here. People--decent, good people--who want their sovereignty, liberty and privacy aren't going away. Now for the Times link below.
against. Mr Cameron vowed
to cap net UK immigration at 100,000 a year — a promise he failed to
keep. Successive US administrations have promised to enforce America’s
borders before offering amnesty. As a test of market conditions,
Britain’s contest between elite hypocrisy and populist sincerity could
not be bettered.
Mr. Nelson claims there are no parallelisms between the UK Brexit vote and the Trump movement. He is wrong, completely out of touch not only with many Americans but apparently with many of his own fellow Brits. We welcome your response, sir.
The story below from today's Financial Times with the link to it further supports our premise that the leave Brexit vote in the UK has far closer similarities to the U.S. upcoming presidential election and the traction Donald Trump is generating among voters who are hardly xenophobes, gun-nuts, haters, isolationists or white redneck crazies.
Immigration is a global issue EU bureaucrats ignored at what now turns out to be their own peril. Those in the UK who voted to leave are neither hateful nor crazy in the main. They have a legitimate concern that was not being heard. Ask Angel Merkel this morning. Or Japan's Prime Minister.
There are other legitimate issues to be sure. These and immigration are dividing issues. Get it and get it straight. Park the epithets where they belong, completely absent from the debate. Understand what's at risk here. People--decent, good people--who want their sovereignty, liberty and privacy aren't going away. Now for the Times link below.
There are strong parallels between those backing Leave and Donald Trump’s supporters
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