“To Brexit or not to Brexit”? That seems to be the question on the human mind at present. I am not altogether sure what all the fuss is about. Apparently, there are many “Eurosceptics” in the Tory party (the one that represents the toffs) and they think that the UK would be better coming out of the EU. Since most of them are English, they probably think that England would be better out of the UK as well (since they would no longer have to subsidise the “provinces”).
On the other hand, the country is run by one of the most obvious toffs around and he wants to stay in the EU because, so the argument goes, we would be better off staying in and very lonely if we opted out. He thinks all the “brexiters” are fruitcakes and judging by the way most of them look and behave, I suspect he is right on that point. But real facts on the pros and cons are as rare as cricket pitches in Les Gets.
The real and important issue is that we dogs, who may hold the balance of power in the next parliament (because who else will), must seriously consider the imminence of the Brexit decision. Those against say that “we want our country back” but the truth is that they have never lost it. It is just that most of them go on foreign holidays, get drunk on cheap plonk, spend all night being naughty, and when they get back, it is not only their country they have lost but all sense of decency and proportionality.
Us dogs are quite different. We have our ID chips and we travel throughout the EU without a care in the world. Foreign (or should I say brotherly EU) dogs play with us with no sense of language or other behavioural barriers. We have no borders to worry about.
There are however some cultural differences – French dogs often live in old ladies cleavages, their owners rarely chase after them with a plastic turd catcher, and French dog food is not up to the standards of the UK. But inside the EU, there is the opportunity for us to free them from the ample bosoms, and to teach the owners to tidy up after the dogs have enjoyed the better food we can provide. If we are trapped behind our border (with all due respect to the collies guarding it), these opportunities for mutual enhancement will be lost.
I could continue at length in the same vein with other examples, but time is limited and the answer is always the same. Ignore those clowns like Mr Farago and others, and vote YES in June. Woof woof.