Mike - What the hell

The decision on the referendum for me seems as far away as ever. Last week I was more or less persuaded by Jeremy Corbyn that to stay in was the best option. But politics has become a personality thing and if I vote in then it looks as though I’m backing David Cameron and if I vote out then I’m voting for Boris Johnson. Nothing could be further from the truth it’s the media that has done this to me and no doubt many other folks. Sometimes I think abstaining is the only option but to abstain would mean I didn’t have a say in the outcome. No I think I’ll go with Jeremy and vote in on the other hand I don’t really like the way Europe treats us but then again we’ve got UKIP representing us there.

Trying to reach a decision

The other day I switched on the TV just to see what was on and it was Jeremy Corbyn giving a speech to I think it was members of the trade unions. Now he has never impressed me before but it was the first time I have heard a reasonable argument for staying in the EU, it was positive, no claims of dire results if we leave. Better than anything I have heard from any politician before I won’t say it made up my mind but it did set me thinking as for the first time I had something to think about. Not only that, it upped Corbyn’s standing in my mind.

Immediately following this broadcast was a speech given by Boris Johnson and the comparison was astounding, there were no real reasons for leaving and it was totally the reverse of Corbyn’s logically developed reasoning. It is obvious Boris Johnson has aspirations of becoming Prime Minister if we leave the EU, God help us if it happens.

Mike's How to foul up the future

So we just received a booklet through the post called “Why the Government believes that voting to remain in the European Union is the best decision for the UK” a nice neat title. There then followed an equally wordy list of statements without anything that really persuaded me. I am what they call a floating voter i.e. someone who can’t make up his mind. I find that dear old David Cameron and Boris (is he for real?) Johnson seem have lost me somewhere along the way. The trouble is I just don’t believe politicians it seems to me that although they say they wanted to become an MP to serve the public they really became an MP to serve themselves, perhaps I do some a disservice but not more than I have fingers. One thing I do realise that after the referendum the country will never be the same no matter who wins, if we stay, in there has been so much in fighting in both parties that the government will have to change as new scores will have to be avenged and the leadership will have been weakened; and if we come out, do we have a leader capable of steering us through the rough waters that will follow? In America if you vote for Trump you don’t know what you’ll get it seems to me we’re in the same boat.