I was born on the 29th of March. It’s the same date in this 2019 that the United Kingdom [UK] (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) is set to leave the European Union [EU] (a 28 member European states political and economic association), if the vote passes in the House of Commons tomorrow the 12 of March and survives 13 and 14 march deliberations also. So slice the cake however you want but for me as a result of the sameness of dates, Brexit has felt personal ever since I started following the saga closely in 2017.
Last year I wrote an article on Brexit and within it sharing personal views, so I do not intend to repeat things I formerly expressed. You can reread the article by just searching Br-Exit in my column on this blog site. Consequently, I will intentionally by-pass defining and describing the technicalities, terms and cumbersome twists and turns that have arisen along the way since then. I refer you to visit http://www.bbc.com for a comprehensive detail of the whole saga from its inception to current state.
When you follow a matter diligently, you begin to view things from an oversight perspective. I’m a sucker for oversight and summaries because they distill, usually accurately, the heart of a matter. It’s easy to be overwhelmed with many a minor things in life at the expense of a focus on the major. That applies to everything in life, the reason why keeping the bigger picture in perspective is always liberating. It frees you to expend energies aright whilst dodging the energy usurpers that are ever so abundant. So in following the Brexit trail, I have sought to understand what really is the issue with Brexit? Humbly, I submit my distillation of the fundamental thing concerned in the progression of this write.
It’s all important to keep at the backdrop of the matter that the Constitution of the UK is an unwritten one! This is not to say that there is no clear guideline in the sense of government that is administrated for it does exist. Fundamentally the constitution has never been compiled together in one single document that is the supreme law of the unified kingdom. In its unwritten nature there is actually an existence of much documentation inclusive of The Magna Carta, Provisions of Oxford, Bill of Rights etc. In that sense you can draw a sense of an application of law in the sense that it exists to not be rigid but still firm to provide governance. Resultantly, in a general manner, this means that as much as there are clear parameters followed in keeping up with the laws that govern the upkeep of the citizens of the member states, the finality of the rights of the member states rests sovereignly apart from each other. The latter was also made provision for in the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland devolution Acts of 1998 creating an executive and legislature for each of those three nations in the UK. Each member is only pliable to the degree that there is no violation/disadvantage to its individual states’ written constitution. In other words, the United Kingdom is in actuality a Union itself before being in union with the other states of the European Union. If you look closely then it becomes apparent that Brexit is really an issue of ‘’a one union of states deciding to leave a union of union with other states’’. It should then be no wonder that the whole situation is problematic!
So when the UK voted to leave the EU, obviously problems would ensue. A ‘’deal’’ or ‘’no deal’’ situation had to be agreed and executed, the ‘’divorce bill’’ had to calculated, a decision had to be made on whether the Northern Ireland and Ireland boarder becomes “hard’’ or remains ‘’soft’’ concerning fluidity of goods and people and the transition time period of this transaction had to be ascertained. This jargon seems complex but if you see it in the perspective of humanity, it is overly reasonable. If you view a Union as a contract you would relate that you just don’t abandon it when you feel like it because there are unavoidable consequences to that.
Think with me, imagine sovereign states to be real people, with personalities, precise different agendas and justifiably so since diversity is the spice of living given to us by design. Thenceforth viewing sovereign states to be people gives you a simpler appreciation of how anything plays out in life. It is because we exude who we are at everything from the fundamental base of humanity, we cannot and do not know how to run away from ourselves and our natural nature. So when it boils down to issues of negotiating and ensuring the best interest of ourselves we default instinctively to be selfish.
Lest we forget, the EU was formulated so that economic advantage could be gained by each member state. States are made up of people so it becomes a human machination. When the Union was officiated in 1972, each state obviously had first to assess if it would benefit being part of it. The framework of a customs and single market was seen beneficial to the members. Natural proximity due to geography, common sense of the advantage of cooperation and the hope of a better version of each state in the future was the undoubted soft core motivation for the Union to exist. It’s interesting to compare that the latter are the unwritten drivers that move us to engage in any partnerships, the finer details vary but the reason is rooted in that desire to express fully one’s individuality!
The real issue then behind Brexit is the common phenomenon to man of safeguarding his own individuality!
Man is fundamentally a creature that functions on the instinct of dominance. He cringes when he is uncertain and in a threat of disadvantage. Europe and the world has suffered fluctuating moods simply because no one can quantify with accuracy how trade, which is the cornerstone of an economy, would be organized aftermath Brexit. An economy of a state is its lifeblood, it is the very thing that sustains and defines its capacity to maintain its individuality expressed as its sovereignty. It’s important to note here that Britain is a global economic powerhouse, so any uncertainty in its capacity to trade with the world orders a negative move in the markets.
Brexit then is not a European thing, it is a human thing! Thus to shun it in ignorance is a detriment to your personal life. You might say I’m exaggerating but just consider that everything that happens to the economic superpowers affects you directly or indirectly, whether you agree or not. In a special sense, specifically to UK, it would do you good to keep an eye on it because the British are Ephraim, Joseph’s son and tied to them is a blessing that they turned into a curse through disobedience that affects the world in these last days. Please research to read and study the book titled The United States and Britain in Prophecy by Herbert W. Armstrong, to get clarity on this. I should note that the assertions that Armstrong made should be interpreted personally, I suggest you study it with an open mindedness and brutality in comparison with Scripture, do not just take it with no challenge.
As much as the Brexit saga has become an ever unfolding story dominating international news with a day by day feeling of would-it-not-just-all just-end so that we move on with our lives, it has taught me about the complicated process that unravels whenever you decide to leave any union in life. It has forced me to introspect about personal relationships and how I have handled leaving or cutting any ties. If you look honestly into your own life, you would identify many personal “Brexits” that you have incurred and the consequences of leaving certain associations, commitments, familiar spaces, territories. You would also relate to those that have made ‘’Brexits” on you.
I did not spend the much time to highlight the many contradictions, factions and disagreements that have arisen in both the Conservative Party and Labour in their execution of their decision on Brexit. This should highlight to you that decision is not execution. You may be resolute on a decision but you have to be mindful to grasp that execution of your very decision can come in a hard case. You should be able to reconcile that difference and still stick to a decision.
It’s true that change is the only constant and the only way change occurs is by the constant “leavings and enterings’’ that we make in relationships and physical spaces. So in this life be cautious before you make any engagement in being part of something because leaving is not without its consequences. It may cost you dearly, in some cases it may cost you your very life. Unfortunately, we all at some point have to be part of something to only leave it in time as an ongoing expression of our individuality so it is inevitable, it is just life. The key is to really take due diligence to calculate if you are able to pay the cost when a ‘’divorce’’ becomes reality.
If you can avoid personal ‘’Brexits’’ do so wholeheartedly but if not, ensure that you will be able to leave amicably without losing your individuality!
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