ब्रेक्झिट - ब्रिटीश स्वातंत्र्य

Brexit: A Very British Revolution

Never has there been a greater coalition of the establishment than that assembled by Prime Minister David Cameron for his referendum campaign to keep the U.K. in the European Union. There was almost every Westminster party leader, most of their troops and almost every trade union and employers’ federation. There were retired spy chiefs, historians, football clubs, national treasures like Stephen Hawking and divinities like Keira Knightley. And some global glamour too: President Barack Obama flew to London to do his bit, and Goldman Sachs opened its checkbook. And none of it worked. The opinion polls barely moved over the course of the campaign, and 52% of Britons voted to leave the EU. That slender majority was probably the biggest slap in the face ever delivered to the British establishment in the history of universal suffrage.

ब्रिटिश लोकांना युरोपियन युनियन मधे राहण्यासाठी रजामंदी करणारे इतके लोक होते. तरीही ब्रिटिश नागरिकांनी त्यांचं न ऐकण्याचा निर्णय घेतला.

राष्ट्रीय हिताच्या बाबतीत एकत्र येण्याचा व एकत्र येऊन केवळ राष्ट्राच्या हिताचा निर्णय घेण्याचा यत्न करताना राजकीय, सामाजिक, आर्थिक, वैचारिक मतभेद बाजूला ठेवायचे असतात (non-partisan विचार करायचा असतो) असा शंखनाद करणार्‍यांनी या घटने कडे डोळे उघडून पहावे. ( अर्थात असाही युक्तिवाद केला जाऊ शकतो की - इतके सगळे लोक एकत्र आलेले आहेत म्हंजे काहीतरी "दाल मे काला है" असं समजून १ मिलियन ब्रिटिश नागरिकांनी बाहेर पडण्याचा निर्णय घेतला असावा. )

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Even the debate about immigration had an internationalist flavor to it. Any member of any EU state has had the right to live and work in Britain; any American, Indian or Australian needs to apply through a painstaking process. Mr. Cameron’s goal is to bring net immigration to below 100,000 a year (it was a little over three times that at last count). So the more who arrive from the EU, the more we need to crack down on those from outside the EU. The U.K. government now requires any non-European who wants to settle here to earn an annual salary of at least £35,000 (or about $52,000)—so we would deport, say, a young American flutist but couldn’t exclude a Bulgarian convict who could claim (under EU human-rights rules) that he has family ties in the U.K.

To most Brits, this makes no sense. In a television debate last week, Mr. Cameron was asked if there was “anything fair about an immigration system that prioritizes unskilled workers from within the EU over skilled workers who are coming from outside the EU?” He had no convincing answer.

S&P Strips U.K. of Triple-A Credit Rating

S&P stripped the U.K. of its pristine triple-A credit rating, warning the country’s vote to leave the European Union will lead to a less predictable, stable, and effective policy framework.

तू देख कि क्या रंग है तेरा मेरे आगे...

इतकी वर्षे दुष्काळ आणि क्रांत्या औटसोर्स केल्या, इतःपर हे शक्य होणार नाही

S&P: European Union Downgraded to AA from AA+ due to Brexit Vote

म्हंजे (इन प्रिन्सिपल) युरोपियन युनियन ला कर्जांवर जास्त व्याजदर द्यावा लागणार.

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How EU Overreach Pushed Britain Out _____ MARTIN FELDSTEIN

While voters chose Leave for a variety of reasons, many were concerned with the extent to which EU leaders have exceeded their original mandate, creating an ever larger and more invasive organization.

हा संपूर्ण लेख वाचनीय आहे. युरोपियन युनियन ची ऐतिहासिक, संस्थात्मक, राजकीय पार्श्वभूमी यात विचारात घेतलेली आहे.

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The week that proved Britain is confused about Europe

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ब्रेक्झिट च्या निर्णयाचे समर्थन करणारा लेख - Brexit Was a Win for the Good Guys