Objectivity is not easy if you are a politician. Personal views and feelings get in the way of the party line.
They tell me many members of the UK #Conservative party are defecting to burgeoning #UKIP. I've no evidence to suport the fact. What's certain however is that while I was in the U.K. I met many long-standing Conservatives disappointed with the Conservative approach to Europe.
These dissatisfied Conservatives want to get away from Europe; they don't want Europe imposing its views and laws on everything from a light bulb to energy policy. They are sick and tired of the ever increasing burden of barmy health and safety laws, green policies, perverse human rights decisions, and disgraceful wastes of money. They worry about giving control of UK energy industries to outside interests - including European interests. There's a lot more. In short they want sovereignty back.
Accordingly I can see why, not just many Conservatives, but many members of the Labour and Liberal Parties, might decide to defect to UKIP.
How to leave the EU? Be objective. Put aside Party doctrine and question which Party offers the best opportunity to regain sovereignty.
Would it be the Conservative Party with its leader's promise of a referendum on the subject? Or maybe it's UKIP; but is that a Party ready for Government? It's unlikely to be the Labour Party which yet has to decide what policies to follow. As things stand it would never be the namby-pamby Liberals with their sycophantic European agenda.
Politics will always be influenced by diverse vested interests. The political dimensions of quitting the #E.U. are no exception. So beware!
Politicians should not underestimate these issues and the importance of adapting so that objectivity and honesty become a major part of their political creeds.
If the Conservative Party wishes to regain lost ground maybe it should take a deep breath and question whether it achieves absolute objectivity? For example should it have the courage to respond to what it knows Conservative supporters actually want? Or does it know better? Should it start by having the courage to ditch the Liberals and end the pernicious Coalition? Should it tell the electorate the Conservatives will quit Europe; explain how, and explain why?
As for UKIP? For sure it hopes to continue its meteoric growth. But should it also take a deep breath and question how it can convince the electorate it would be ready for Government? If so, then would it help to explain how its political objectives will be achieved? Is its biggest challenge to morph into rather more than just an influential catalyst?
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