• The courts and parliament are not the evil elites that they are often painted as, they are not trying to obstruct the will of the people or block Brexit, they are simply trying to ensure that whatever deal is arrived at is a fair, equitable and legal one which will benefit the majority of UK citizens.

However Boris Johnson is not opposed to all elites. There are those he is championing (albeit not publicly). These are the billionaire elites, unscrupulous and self-serving currency and property speculators, bankers and corporations who stand to benefit massively from the tax incentives and bonfire of environmental, consumer and employment regulations that will inevitably accompany a hard or no-deal Brexit.

Many who voted to leave did so to “take back control’” but there is a real danger that we will end up handing control of our economy to these unelected and non-accountable individuals and corporations. It is these same people who helped wreck the economy in 2008 and who heralded in years of austerity. They did not suffer but we did!

So when next you go the ballot box, be it for a second referendum or for a general election, think carefully before you cast your vote. Will your vote benefit your family and your community or will it simply increase the wealth of billionaire elites? Brexit should be for the many, not the few. Let’s make sure that we don’t let our emotions and frustrations lose sight of this.

DOUG CRAWFORD
NW3