Is the future - Boris?
7 August 2014
Boris is planning a come back into the Commons and is looking for a seat....
He is also said to be planning a leadership bid at some point and, make no mistake, it is his for the taking and all that wil hold him back is the bigger picture....
What really sealed his success was his announcement on the EU.
He said that if sufficient reform, or a completely fresh relationship between the EU and the UK could not be agreed then we should get out of the EU. He is right and it is good to see him joining a whole spate of senior Copnservative politicians and business leaders saying the same thing.
But what is meant by a new relationship? For me and, it seems, many in the Conservative Party, it is to return to a simple trading relationship. Full stop. I have no problems about our EU membership on that basis but I will not hold my breath for such a result.
Boris is right, as are others now speaking out. We have nothing to fear and much to gain by freeing ourselves from the shackles of the EU. The mass of red tape the EU demands cost business a fortune not to mention the direct cost of membership. The EU is an economic busted flush, brought low by its insane currency experiment and its addiction to rules and high taxes.
Getting out of the EU itself (or a new relationship) is not enough alone though. This must be accompanied by a lot of domestic reform throwing off much of the damage EU membership has imposed on us. A bonfire of regulation and a reformed, simplified, low flat tax system is needed too....
The process will start after the next general election whether the Conservatives win or lose.... it will just take a bit longer if we lose and the biggest barrier would be a Limpdem/Labour government somehow contriving to lock us into the EU, pehaps by rigging a referendum on terms the IN camp would win.......