WHOA THERE STEADY ON NOW : The BBC, that bastion of right on thought, has put itself front and centre in the conversation over what entails centrism in British political life.
“It asked if the Liberal Democrats are now an extreme political organisation,” our media watcher says, “because they wish to Revoke Article 50. This would instantly stop Brexit. I guess you could class that as an extreme bit of politics? Extreme in the sense of guaranteeing Nigel Farage a long twilight to his career?”
But of course it’s not just in the Liberal Democrat’s that this new extremism lurks. Roughly 87% of the Labour Party membership want to remain in the EU. It stands to reason there’s a goodly chunk of that percentage of people that would just revoke too.
“The SNP. They’d revoke. Bloody hell. Plaid. Alliance. Sinn Fein. A larger chunk of Tories than you’d expect. Extremism is everywhere.”
And of course the result of this fanaticism, if actioned, would be very extreme.
“Diabetics wouldn’t be at risk of dying by completely avoidable insulin shortages for one. Millions of EU citizens that came here legally, and are being terrorised by a retrospective immigration law change, they’d sleep easier. So too Brits on the continent. The pound would surge. FDI would start to increase again. The EU’s ability as a bloc to fight international tax dodging and climate change would be strengthened. Workers rights. Human rights. Gender equality. Safer food and animal protections. Well, it’s a bloody long list of fall out if this extreme notion of just revoking Article 50 comes into play. Imagine what all the criminals involved in Brexit would do without political protection? Madness.”
The BBC would be in for a shake up too. All those Tory and right wing think tank place people may feel a little homeless.
“I’m all for it,” our analyst decided, “sign me up as an extremist.”