Friday, June 24, 2016

Stephen Clarke: “Ignorance and xenophobia won with Brexit” – Le Figaro

INTERVIEW – For the journalist and author of bestsellers, born in north London, this output of the United Kingdom of the European Union is responsible for a ” political anarchy. ” A broken Britain which brings the country more than a hundred years ago.

“The Queen must cry this morning. She might be living the end of the UK. “Like 48.1% of compatriots who lost to pro-Brexit, Stephen Clarke, journalist and novelist, author of What the Brits think of “froggies” , says saddened by the outcome of the referendum on leaving the UK outside Europe. Not only vote in favor of Brexit (short for “British Exit”) stands, he said, a serious step backwards for Britain but also symbolizes especially the irrevocable rise of xenophobic and anti-European .

LE FIGARO – What was your reaction on hearing the Brexit

Stephen CLARKE – I was very disappointed . I think it is ignorance and xenophobia that have won. I think the British do not know how what happens in Brussels, nor what Europe is trying to do to us. Throughout the campaign, the pro-Brexit have almost that lie and user warnings on the future invasion of the United Kingdom by migrants. Every time we evoked the word immigration, pro-Brexit rose 1% in the polls. I find that sad.



“the future of young Stolen under 24 who voted over 75% against the Brexit”

so you think the referendum is not representative of Britain?

All British instincts insularity, xenophobia and nostalgia for our Empire, for this false idea that we would be a “superpower” as we are just a series of small towns on the margins of Europe, all that, it won. We had the opportunity to be part of a larger economic team. And now we are more divided than ever. I think the Queen should cry this morning because it will perhaps live the end of the UK. Scotland, Northern Ireland, London voted to stay in Europe. Youth -24 years 75%, too. It is as if we had stolen their future.

This vote does mark the beginning of a fracture of the UK?

Nicola Sturgeon, the head of the British independence has from this morning, made a hint that he will surely still be a referendum on Scottish independence because it feels completely betrayed and dropped by this vote. The Scottish economy is very dependent on British subsidies … Europe defended poor areas that London will not defend.

Do you think this is there a turning back?

the return of xenophobia brings us back a century. Even Churchill during World War II said that we should bring Europe to maintain peace. There, it is as if we were back in the Victorian era, when it was thought that Britain was the most important country in the world …

“David Cameron created the political anarchy in the UK”

what is the Brexit will change daily to the English residents in France?

it depends a little bit of France and England and how we will renegotiate our relationship. Perhaps it is not as dramatic as expected. Maybe Britain will remain relatively close to Europe and that Schengen will remain. It may be that there are agreements that the trade continues and the daily lives of expats in both countries does not change. Economically, it is not known. The scholarships have taken a big hit today and England tries to defend its currency … We know that David Cameron will be the first unemployed, the first of a long list?

Do you think David Cameron is it largely responsible for this Brexit?

David Cameron has made a huge political mistake by organizing the referendum. He thought it was a fair way to silence UKIP (the Party for the Independence of the United Kingdom) and the people in his own party who wanted to leave Europe. He thought he was going out very easily win this consultation … But it turned against him. It has divided his own country. It’s terrible. That vote cost him his premiership. He created political anarchy in Britain. The Scottish independence, conservatives are divided, Labour was weakened … It’s anarchy. And it is he who is the cause of it. For crass political reasons. But let’s be fair, it is not solely responsible. It’s a bit also the fault of Brussels, who never contradicted the nonsense that has been said about it. His lack of communication with Great Britain is also the origin of ignorance towards European issues who won the UK.

Do you think that there no more, now of going back?

Boris Johnson, if he becomes prime minister, launched the idea that maybe would use this vote to renegotiate the terms contract with Europe. But, you know, anyway, he can not do without specific prior two years since … be negotiated before the exit.

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