As the voices of 'Remain' gather, Lord, former Roy, Hattersley has added his noisy intervention to the clamour for a second referendum. Hattersley is, of course, one of those socialists who decry the very notion of elitism and yet find no difficulty in finding themselves promoted to the peerage.
Why anyone should care what this octogenarian Europhile says is a bit of a mystery but he has apparently said that he supports the idea of a second referendum "very strongly" and that he believes that those who voted to leave in the 2106 vote had "no idea" what that would mean.
Really ? Hattersley is such a mind-bogglingly brilliant psychological intellect that he knows what all of those who voted to leave understood about the issue ? What utter cobblers. The main is an ardent Europhile and for him to defame those who voted to leave the undeniable bureaucracy and provable corruption of the European Union is scandalous. That he is also a former member of the government of the United Kingdom brings scorn about that body.
Clearly, the Remainers believe that now is the time for them to strike. Theresa May's position is incredibly weak and her chances of gaining approval for her 'deal' are virtually non-existent. The government, let alone the Conservative Party, is split and the chances of first delaying and then stopping Brexit altogether have never been higher.
But wait. Stopping Brexit is not a simple matter and also flies in the face of the result of the referendum. A second vote will either confirm the result of the first in which case the Remainers will seek other means to prevent Brexit, or it will contradict it, in which case there will be immediate shouts of "cheat" and "best of three".
David Cameron, rightly or wrongly but with supreme arrogance derived from his position as one of the Etonian elite, gave the people the opportunity to choose between being a member of the European Union or leaving it. He expected that the people would simply follow his advice, lemming-like, and would vote to remain in the organisation; he never for a moment thought that his advice would be rejected. When it was, he ran away, unable to deal with the reality that the people didn't actually accept his point of view, and he even reneged on his promise to enact whatever the people decided.
Ever since, various voices have been raised in opposition to the outcome of the vote, almost exclusively from the liberal elite part of our society. These are the wealthy and privileged for whom politics is largely irrelevant; they sit on both sides of the Party divide and yet have no discernible views, either left or right. Those who are Members of Parliament draw their £80,000 salaries plus large expenses and look forward to their gold plated, inflation proofed pensions. Others are simply wealthy enough not to have to bother who is in charge because, whatever happens, they are protected by their occupations, connections, residence or simply their wealth. These are all people who are frightened of change or of the unknown, who prefer the comfort of their armchair to the thrill of an adventure or who prefer perceived safety and stagnation to risk and progress.
Of course, bringing on the venerable Hattersley could be a sign of desperation from the forces of Remain. He never was a major figure and hasn't really been in the public eye for several decades; even then he didn't make much of an impression. Let's hope that his intervention this time has as little impact.
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