UKIP and the Liberal Democrat party.

It is the aftermath of the European elections. UKIP has given the established parties a metaphorical kick up the backside. And the LibDems have been kicked the hardest. However, this is not just a UK phenomenon; eurosceptic parties all across the European Union have made major gains. The people of France has voted for the Front National(e?). They presumably got in because of a perceived migrant problem and their anti immigration policies. In this regard, they are similar to UKIP. From a cursory examination of the name “Front National” it is similar to the UK’s BNP. The people of Greece voted for a neo nazi party that campaigned against the austerity measures imposed by Brussels.

If I remember my university studies correctly, the Nazi party of Germany gained power because of the austerity imposed on Germany by the punitive reparations required by the Allied Powers after defeating Germany in 1918. Adolf Hitler just disregarded the terms of the treaty and built a massive navy and air force. If we are to learn from history so as not to relive it in this century, the EU, which began as union of nation states to prevent such wars, must follow its principles of subsidiarity. It must not take over the powers of the nation state that exist to protect its people. States should be able to remove/deport people who pose a threat of violence and death to the people who are living in a country.

However, the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights judgements which stated that it was illegal to deport a person because of what MIGHT happen to a person when sent to another country, is in my view, a wrong decision. Justice is blindfolded on the Old Bailey. This has nothing to do with the European Union of course but in many eyes its all EUROPE and contributes to the anti European feeling in the country. The UK government can end its commitment to the European Courts of Human Rights without affecting our membership of the European Union.

The Liberal Democrat party. An internationalist party with liberal principles that is against the enslavement of people by poverty and ignorance. And I should hope, enslavement by people, governments and dictators. The Liberal Democrat party campaigned as the party of “In” As an internationalist party of principle championed by Nick Clegg, the party was crucified on the cross of public opinion. That is why some people want Nick Clegg to resign as leader. The “problem” with the Liberal Democrat party is that it is a party of principle; not a party dedicated to gaining power. It was principle that led the Liberal Democrats into coalition with the Conservative party for the perceived national interest. However, being in coalition led to the Liberal Democrat party and Nick Clegg to compromising on principles, if a manifesto pledge can be deemed a principle, i.e. no tuition fees.

I do not believe in “scapegoat politics” which see the only way to resolve human problems to remove humans. Let us remove the problem. The first step is to actually identify what the problem is; to say “the EU” and get rid of it or dissolve it would not stop or prevent the problems of an economic system that is inherently unstable and prone to “bust” and cause massive poverty and hardship for millions. Nor would it stop economic migration by millions attempting to escape that massive poverty and hardship.

Every country in the EU has the problems of poverty and migration. Let us charge the EU with the job of researching and implementing the solution to these problems; and leave it up to the member states to implement these solutions if they so wish.