Enda Kenny could barely sleep the night last Thursday before he rang his cronie friends in Europe to reassure our overlords that their number 1 servant would be back grovelling and answering their every whim fresh on Friday morning.
The unbelievable and indeed unpredicted result of last week’s Brexit in the UK really set minds a boggling here on the Emerald Isle. “What will WE do, how does it affect US, well WE can’t leave – can WE?”
Kenny rushed over to Europe this morning to meet his masters in person. He gave a speech reminiscent of a schoolboy doing whatever he can to not be called to the headmaster’s office. In short, it was horrendous.
The Taoiseach told of how Ireland would be steadfast to the EU project and that they EU has friends in Ireland and that there is definitely no way Ireland will leave the EU.
Well, Enda, exactly how do you know this? When was OUR referendum on EU membership? I know Europe made us take the Lisbon referendum twice (because we got the answer wrong the first time), but where or when was our IN/OUT choice?
The debate of an actual IN versus OUT is one by itself, but I’m specifically pointing out the dictatorial fashion in which Kenny spoke on behalf about over 4 million people. He is more than used to being told what to do by his masters in Europe, but he’s only an elected representative here, and deducing what happened in the UK last week, there is no way he is speaking for the entire island of Ireland.
UKIP’s Nigel Farage’s popularity has soared since the result. He gave a rousing speech in the EU parliament this morning that stood firmly in the court of the British people, irrespective of how they voted.
I think the Taoiseach may yet be eating his words in the not so distant future. The UK is our closest neighbour and our biggest trader. Whether you agree with my theory or not, an IN/OUT referendum is conceivable here if the British result fares well.
Judging by social media, with the rumours of shoddy deals and budgets being signed off in Brussels, there’s growing support for an EU exit here in Ireland. We’ll wait and see.