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owly

30 November 2009 - 8:57pm

I read about the referendum result today. The turn-out was low by Swiss standards, and all the opinion polls prior were predicting it would be defeated. It was interesting to read the rather self-indulgent hand whinging in the editorials and the negative tone of the reports. However maybe the people were sending a message to the political elite - like f*** off. We have seen it here in the UK with the rise of the BNP in largely Labour areas, and indeed the rise of UKIP. The political class, and indeed the chattering class, in so many European countries are quite divorced from the views and opinions of the voters and actively seem to regard these views with nothing but contempt. So given this why are you so surprised when the electorate are given a chance to stick two fingers up at the political class they relish the prospect ?

I watched an edition of Question Time not so long ago which had Robert Kilroy-Silk on. As he pointed out mass immigration has changed the character of our country, and many others in Europe, but this has been done without us being consulted and without our consent. As he said 'no one asked us' we were just told and we have to put up with it. It is hard to disagree with that analysis.