Cameron Clobbered, Merkel Melts Down, Putin Ponders.... - Granite Grok

Cameron Clobbered, Merkel Melts Down, Putin Ponders….

Fotolia-EU_CrackupThe great European Project, the Euro-elites’ dream of total domination over their peoples by an insulated class of bureaucrats, is crumbling.

In a classic case of bureaucratic, almost imperial, overreach, the vast bureaucratic machinery in Brussels, with its four unelected presidents, feckless Euro-parliament, and its own Central Bank, dictates about 2/3s of the “laws” of member states, and has perverted the useful doctrine of open borders between equals into never-ending immigration and dispersal of wholly unsuitable and unassimilable foreigners.

Telegraph-EU_Flag_StormyFurther, the campaign in the UK, which was very heated, was far more about unwanted immigration and potential societal meltdown than it ever was about a potential economic meltdown. As 1/6 of the total European economy, with its own currency and more trading partners than the rest of Europe, threats of economic implosion, or of pension checks ceasing in the event of Brexit, rang increasingly hollow even before Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, threatened to raise taxes and punish the people in the event of a “Leave” vote.

PM David Cameron tried a replay of “Project Fear”, which had worked so well when the Scots held an exit referendum (from the UK) last year, but was widely repudiated except, curiously, for the Scots, again. All the Polls were wrong, the bookmakers were wrong, and panic set in, first in the markets, then amongst the elites in London, Brussels, and merkel_facepalmBerlin, as early returns suggested that safe districts for “Remain” were barely hanging on, and expected districts for “Leave” were showing larger than anticipated margins. Notwithstanding a brief rally for “Remain”, by the time about 1/3 of the results were in BSkyB’s elections analyst was predicting a 52/48% victory for “Leave”, and the trend line firmed up from there. Talk about Barone-like accuracy – the final tally was 51.9/48.1!

Cameron QuitsThe first casualty of the disastrous campaign, one for which the Prime Minister could have been the brave leader toward the Brexit, but instead set up the referendum and then campaigned against it himself, was David Cameron, who announced his intention to step down within 3 months at a press conference this morning.

Brexit-Flag-500x298Crack-up? Within hours, calls for exit referenda were being heard throughout Europe – the Netherlands, the Danes, the Swedes, the Italians, and Sacre Bleu!, maybe even the French have had enough of unlimited bureaucracy and unlimited immigration. Could it be that Britain has driven a stake through the heart of the Euro-Beast?

Thinking of unlimited immigration, one of the surprise exit votes came from Birmingham and its surrounding cities – home to large numbers of mostly Indian and Pakistani immigrants, and a high percentage of Muslims – mostly well integrated, it is clear that the people worst affected by uncontrolled waves of immigration are the legal, established, immigrants whose own earning power and social standing is dragged down by the newcomers. Likewise, don’t think that all Hispanics want La Raza to run our immigration policy!

Putin Popcorn_1Meanwhile, over at the eastern front, one spectator must be smiling as he beholds the carnage, and he hasn’t needed to fire a single shot! Hey, share the popcorn, Vlad!

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