Why I’m supporting the Brexit Party in the EU elections

Brexit, or rather its process, has exposed a problem with our two party politics, propped up by a flawed electoral system.

I often feel somewhat reluctant to rally people to a cause. I may discuss my viewpoints but to advertise for a certain party seems false to me. Yet here I am. It’s been three years since the historic referendum decision and the failure of our elected Parliament has been beyond belief. Our Prime Minister negotiated what can only be described as a surrender document, and I admit I have wavered between blocking the deal to stop what is a complete betrayal of the essence of leaving and backing it in the hopes we can stop our MPs from having the chance to water the deal down even more. A customs union or alignment with single market rules is not leaving, it’s one foot in and one foot out. The fact our own MPs, who promised to respect the result and voted for Article 50 in large numbers, even considered backing a ultra-soft Norway exit or another referendum is beyond all reason.

At first I had an optimistic view that perhaps with a change of leadership or internal tactics then we could turn it all around and start negotiating a positive deal that makes concessions but delivers on the result. We are past that point now. The European Elections, that we should not even be participating in, are right around the corner and across Labour heartlands and Tory shires, Leave voters face a predicament. They know their vote has been betrayed and that parliament has failed in its role in an arrogant display of hubris, yet many cling onto a vain view that their party really represents them or cares about their view. To me this entire process has shown the exact opposite, and in an odd sense it makes me glad that the betrayal happened because it could be the wakeup call Britain needs.

Brexit, or rather its process, has exposed a problem with our two party politics, propped up by a flawed electoral system, and has displayed in full view the incompetence and carelessness of our political leadership. If we vote how we always have then we are sending a message that we are OK with how things are; that we are happy to see democracy be wilfully undermined by the Prime Minister, the Civil Service and all the other shameful MPs sat in the Commons today. This leads me onto the point of this little escapade. My aim is not to besmirch the non-partisan nature of this publication, but The Brexit Party needs your vote. Nigel Farage, love him or loath him, has been the spearhead of British Euroscepticism for the past 20 plus years. While cowardly Conservative MPs put party before country and while Jeremy Corbyn betrayed the view of the Old Labour cause and curtailed to the EU establishment, Nigel has been fighting from a rather different corner. He got the referendum, secured the victory and now he’s back for more.Alongside him are MEP candidates such as traditional Conservative figures like Anne Widdecombe and even a former Communist, bizarrely, Claire Fox.

But this goes beyond Nigel Farage, Anne Widdecombe or any other candidate, this is about changing the very way in which our politicians operate. It’s about creating a Parliament that works for us and listens to our voice, not one that flaunts its own views over us and ignores our whims like a trumped up liberal cabal. The Prime Minister and her tightly knit team of Brexit bunglers needs a message sending to them that is loud and clear. We voted for Brexit and we still want it. Likewise, this message is one that must be sent to Labour and all the others that claim we need another vote before even delivering on the first. Even if you’d prefer we retain EU membership, surely you must see it as a betrayal that we have been cast aside so openly. It’s time to break the two-party system, it’s time to deliver Brexit and it’s time to change politics for good. This of course extends beyond a second order election like EU elections, this goes for the next general election and likely many elections to come. The two–party system needs immediately an overthrow at the ballot box to restore our trust in Westminster.

The laughable Change UK and Liberal Democrats can claim this is a protest vote, that they have the right of it yet we can show them otherwise. So be you a Tory loyalist or champagne socialist, cut through the divide and put a cross in the box for the Brexit Party on May 23rd. It’s time to send that shockwave that has been long overdue. Soon your future children will be asking you where you were when the Brexit betrayal happened. Fighting on the front lines or sitting behind it all in a veneer of apathy? I’m sure you know which side of history you should be on, make it count.