At Long Last, Brexit (Almost)

Vox just posted a quick take on the British PM finally getting the last of the procedural roadblocks out of the way, allowing her to proceed in leading the people of Britain out of the grip of the unelected apparatchiks that run the EU.

Nationalists around the world can only be pleased to see the British people regaining their sovereignty and independence. There can be no doubt that the 200-year trend towards globalization has been reversed.

Yes. Britain has suffered for years under the little fascists that are headquartered over in Brussels. Time to boot them out of control and reassert the sovereignty of Britain. And I do say Britain, not the United Kingdom, as I fully expect the Scots to be a little more successful this next time around. For some reason, the nation that produced John Locke and the intellectual flowering that undergirded much of the American Revolution and the creation of the United States...is now content to be subservient to the EU.

With the liberal Scots out of Parliment, resulting in a far more conservative group of MPs, its possible that Britain may see an even further swing back towards some aspect of freedom. You can never tell, maybe the Brits will actually be able to defend themselves with guns that they are actually allowed to possess and carry as freemen should.

It may sound impossible, but so did Brexit.

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