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| Queen Elizabeth II (m). Her predecessors has given the royal power to the Primacy of the Parliament subordinated. Today she can only represent and admonish. The Queen can no longer stop Parliament. The Royal family on the balcony of the Buckingham Palast on 16th June 2012 (Source: wikipedia, CCL. Originator: carfax2) |
The great hope of the proponents of
Britain's withdrawal from the European Union is actually reactionary:
one dreams of the good old days of a long gone empire. Perhaps a
little more realistically one longs at least for the Commonwealth of
Nations. In any case, however, they want to be sovereign again as
soon as possible. Let nothing be said by the EU. Above all, away from
the hated European jurisdiction, which is so much influenced by
continental Europe and has nothing to do with Anglo-Saxon legal
traditions.
Many British citizens are prepared to
accept considerable disadvantages for this. This was made clear by a
Briton who was simply asked on the street about the negotiations
between Britain and the EU: "There was no box for a deal, it was
just "Stay" or "Leave". So far so good. In the
meantime, most Britons have realized that the loud promises of the
political Brexit boosters will not come true. Nevertheless, they only
want one thing, to get out of the EU!
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| Wilhelm III of Orange (1650 - 1702) He accepted with his wife Queen Mary the "Bill of Rights" thereby subjugating the royal power to the will of Parliamnet (Source: wikipedia, licence free, Painter: Gottfried Kneller) |
This urge for freedom, this
unwillingness to bow to foreign patronising has a very long tradition
in the British Isles. The beginning of this tradition can be traced
back very precisely to history. It began with the passage of the
"Bill of Rights" on 16th December 1689. The Upper and Lower
Houses passed the bill. The acting equal royal couple William III of
Orange and his wife Mary from the House of Stuart recognized the Bill
of Rights. Thus they subordinated the royal power for all time to the
primacy of the parliamentary will. Since then, Britain has managed to
successfully resist all internal and external hostilities. Absolutism
had as little chance on the islands as the radical Republicans of the
French Revolution. Napoleon was defeated. No one could oppose the
imperial rise to dominating world power for almost one hundred years.
The manifold hostilities of the first half of the 20th century were
overcome by the British with blood, sweat and tears, with many
losses. After the loss of the Empire, London, at least, grew into the
financial centre of the world, where simply anyone could deal
anything.
Great Britain developed a liberal
attitude towards a society that was fundamentally open to the outside
world. At least when it comes to doing business. In more than three
hundred years, this has created a basic trust among national but
above all international investors in the functioning and reliability
of British society, British law and British institutions. One could
be sure of his cause. People on these islands have never been
conquered by foreign powers since 1066. With their culture and
self-image, they have set standards all over the world. Great Britain
was, perhaps even more than small Switzerland, the safe harbour for
doing business. Even those businesses that have already been
sanctioned in other countries, such as the USA. This feeling of trust
has always attracted a lot of money to the UK. This has not least led
to the sale off of large parts of British industry. This also applies
to British properties, at least in the south of the islands. But at
least for a part of society this has brought work, income and partly
also prosperity. But not for other large parts of British society. It
is a joke on the whole thing, that it is precisely this neglected
part of society, that is most resolutely demanding Britain's
withdrawal from the EU. Because they will be the ones who will suffer
most through their own choices when they leave the EU.
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| London 360 degree panorama For over threehundred years everbody can deal everthing with everbody here (Source: wikipedia, GNU-licence, originator: Diliff) |
However, Great Britain has lost one
thing irretrievably: the confidence of international investors, which
has been painfully built up over three hundred years, through Brexit.
Trust is extremely volatile. Whether Brexit becomes effective on 29
March 2019 as planned, or is postponed by months or even two years,
confidence is already gone. And it won't come back any time soon.
That is what the majority of Britons simply gambled away in just one
thoughtless moment. But exactly this gambling is their true innermost
nature. But a seasoned Brit knows when he has lost and will take this
burden on himself. Cheers!
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| Cheers! (Source: imgur.com/gallery/O7KKgHC) |
