Ah…….. well you may ask Geoff
Yet another subject that McSpool and I ventured into after a few beers on a wet Beltring morning…….. All in the sprit of On tonte cordial you realise
Let me say this, the Oxford CMP crew will declare a state of emergency and will man the barricades if the vote goes with the Aye’s.. We will raise the Union flag from the workshop along with our much prized war time replica Canadian flag. UDI will be declared.
As Q bloke for the crew I estimate we could live on my cooking and the supply of Bully and beans in never ending combinations for at least four years, there’s a pub just down the lane so we would be OK for liquid refreshment when the tea ran out.
In short up yours Tony and up EU as well ,( we like the Dutch.)
To be serious for a moment Geoff,
political awareness in this country by the “man in the street” is woefully lacking on this subject. It ranges from apathy, that most dangerous of saboteurs to don’t know don’t care.
Voting returns for elections are on the decline year on year here.
Speaking for my self……..( and I want to stress this is my own view I am not speaking for OCMPC as a whole) I am concerned at the out come.
If the vote is to embrace the constitution it will not mean the total demise of Britain, or the UK as we are now encouraged to think of ourselves. But it will lead to yet another serious erosion of our independence and National identity.
For most people under forty this will not have vast impact, they are brought up to believe that we are part of Europe and that our salvation is in a Europe without boarders and with a unified currency and policy.
My late Farther and most of his generation gave seven years of his young life….. and many gave their lives, to fight for freedom side by side with our Allies and cousins from the then Dominions,……….. each one of you reading this now will have relatives who were involved from those countries.
It leads me to ask the question what was it all for?, this is not to belittle the collective endeavour but rather to question what we, as a nation, have done with the hard won peace, I think we owe you who came to our aid better for your sacrifice.
I am not a political activist in any shape or form, in fact I’d rather not get involved, I want to be left alone to plod on with my various restoration projects.
The EU is however an ever present threat to those of us who restore vintage transport be it Military, Commercial Steam or Car.
The Brussels law machine seeks self justification at every opportunity in an bewildering display new legislation to prevent people like me carrying out what I consider to be a historically important duty (at, I may add totally my own expense).
All must be swept away in a tide of Euro funded politically correct Euro greenness.
In short Geoff we are going under for the second time, and I fear that this time you guys will not come to our aid as you did 60 years ago. I may be forced to eventually seek refuge in your country as a refugee from the Euro madness that is about to engulf us all.
What say you Richard N ?
Sorry grim stuff just my age and time of day I guess
Pete
