“The Greenland issue is becoming a grave danger to the cohesion and unity of the West. We have every right to look to Americans with a conscience to speak out. But we should also be looking at ourselves, at our own diminishing ability to influence events, and decide that we cannot sleepwalk into a more dangerous world.” William Hague.
That “diminishing ability” has one overwhelmingly important cause. We are a European nation that has turned its back on Europe. European unity has created a political entity that is more than capable of standing up to bullying threats from that trio of threatening bullies – Russia, China and the United States. But we have chosen to be on the sidelines.
The creation of a “European Defence Force” looks a certainty, not least because of America’s disillusion with NATO. All countries and alliances need to be able to defend themselves. The EDF will seek to do this for Europe as NATO fades away. Once again Britain will be sidelined. Can you imagine the furore if we “surrendered our defence sovereignty to Europe” (to anticipate the Faragist language !)
Britain has a lot to offer a united Europe, and vice versa. But we need to get real. We may have historical and honourable memories of when we were forced to “stand alone” against an existential threat. Today’s threats are no less real, but they can only be met by standing wholeheartedly together with the nations of Europe in the European Union once again.
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There is no better time than the present to rejoin the EU. It’s blindingly obvious Britain needs to be part of the European project. America is a lost cause. The real question is, has Starmer got the Corjones to suggest it? All polls suggest only Farage and a few Tory hawks would be against it.
Starmer has an eighty-seat majority. He will not get that again in any future election. He must do it NOW. Or always be known as the missed opportunity PM.
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