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by
Laura Lai/Comment
Brexit is over. The partnership
between the several-century old United Kingdom and the few- decade old European
Union lasted forty-seven years. The last three years were the political
‘divorce’ process. The word ‘Brexit’ is the acronym given to the exit process
of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) – a three-year long
rolling saga that heated the debates on both the ‘Leave’ and the ‘Remain’
sides. Until today: the 31st of January 2020.
What’s next? In the very short
run, a transition period follows and it lasts until December 2020. It is a
period that reminds of the UK – US history: ‘the taxation without
representation’. It means that the EU law will still apply in the UK until the
end of 2020, without the UK being represented at EU level and, consequently,
without the UK having a say at EU level on the legislation that applies on its
territory until the end of this year.
In the long run,
the independent United Kingdom will have the freedom to take its political,
economical and commercial decisions like a self-governing country. Furthermore,
the Queen Elizabeth II will not anymore be some sort of a ‘governor’ of the
British provinces of the European Union (above her there will not be any President
of the European Council and any President of the European Commission, or decisions
that have primacy over those of her own government), because the British
citizen, Elizabeth II, got her country back. The Queen will be again the sovereign
of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland in every sense of the word. Brexit means that the UK will be
free to explore the endless future possibilities that lay ahead.
Long Live Brexit! The 31st
of January 2020 is the Brexit Day. And Brexit is the UK Independence Day. Or it
is the Liberation Day of the United Kingdom from the European Union political
project. Regardless of the side each of us took during this ‘divorce process’, I
do think that it is a historical moment in British modern history. Therefore, I
agree with those who argued that the Big Ben should mark the turning of a new
page in UK’s modern history.
Listening the live
discussion ‘Should the Big Ben Bong for Brexit?’ broadcasted by the LBC on
Nigel Farage Show, I heard the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, saying that
the Big Ben, which is under renovation, still lacks a clapper, in order to make
the bong. I thought to make a drawing and improvise a ‘singing clapper’, in
order to congratulate the UK for its tenacity to get to this point and deliver
on the Brexit democratic and legitimate referendum, and in order to wish it:
Happy Independence Day!!!
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