EU REFERENDUM : THERESA MAY SITS ON THE FENCE.

Before the Referendum campaign got under way, Theresa May was thought to be a likely 'Brexiteer', but, apparently, not now.

When push came to shove, Mrs May joined the 'In' campaign though it has to be said that she's not been hugely in evidence over the last few weeks. Yesterday, she gave an interview to the BBC in which she spoke about her careful weighing of the evidence and eventual decision to support 'Remain'. However, she also did a huge amount of 'fence-sitting' when it came to one of the central planks of the European Union, the free movement of people.

As Home Secretary, Mrs May knows all about immigration and has previously made fairly loud noises about the need to introduce greater controls, while failing miserably to do anything effective; it is, after all, her department that has responsibility for this area of government. What she now says, while arguing for 'Remain', is that she wants to see reform of the rules that govern the free movement of people and believes that this can be achieved as other countries want it too.

One wonders. There is no doubt that the people of some countries want to see curbs on free movement, but the people of many others certainly don't as they see much greater opportunities in the UK, France and Germany than they do at home. Critically, however, the project to create a United States of Europe can't, and won't, allow any genuine restrictions to be introduced. After all, people move freely between Yorkshire and Lancashire so, in the future single country of USE, people must be allowed to move freely between Hungary and Austria, France and Spain, Poland and Bulgaria and of course, the UK and anywhere.

Mrs May has been trying to tread a fine line, looking to her own political future which once looked very bright. Sadly for her, the last year or so has seen a serious downturn in her prospects and she clearly saw a chance to improve her position by joining what seemed to be the 'right' side; now she's trying to reposition herself yet again by moving more towards the standpoint of the 'Out' campaign on its major issue of immigration. Oh, Perfidious Albion !

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