From Infidel753:
Near the end of March the land of my ancestors formally triggered the Article 50 process which will lead to restoration of independence from the European Union, in accordance with last year’s referendum. This action also triggered the same babble of clueless negativity on the left (especially the American left) as the original referendum did. Some points to consider:
• The same people who, for whatever reason, are so hostile to the restoration of the UK’s independence were presumably more supportive in earlier cases of the same kind of action, such as the secession of the Baltic states from the USSR or the independence of Third World countries from the European colonial empires.
• The restoration of independence is also a return to greater democracy. The real power in the EU, which includes ever-increasing interference in the internal affairs of member states, is held by an unelected and unaccountable oligarchy (which is, as such unaccountable regimes tend to be, massively corrupt). Removing this interference will restore full legislative power to the British Parliament, which is elected by the population it governs.
• Be wary of the dishonest use of language by EU supporters in which the word “Europe” is conflated with the EU — intensification of the oligarchy’s dominance over elected national governments is described as “more Europe”, Brexit is described as “leaving Europe”, etc. The EU is not Europe, it is a transient grouping to which some European countries belong.