At the time of writing there are now just over two weeks until Britain is supposed to leave the European Union whether with or without a deal. Two weeks left of a three year period where Parliament itself has gone out of its way to create a situation where a remain dominated House of Commons has pitted itself against the democratic decision of the British people to leave the EU.

These are extraordinary times in British politics and ones that will, of which I have little doubt, that will occupy the minds of future historians and students of politics. I’ve lived through many political upheavals ranging from the ‘three day week’ and the ‘winter of discontent’ in the 70’s. I’ve experienced the changes that Thatcherism brought, the ‘cash for questions’ and political sex scandals of the John Major years,the wastefulness and rise of the middle class Left under Blair and the various scandals associated with Britain’s involvement in the Iraq War. However none of these compare to what I’ve observed before,during and after the EU referendum.

None of the above-mentioned scandals or changes or ill-advised policies from government compare to what the Remainers have done. The fight by those obsessed by remaining in the EU and to nullify the democratic vote to leave has almost broken Britain’s constitution. Party lines and party loyalties have been smashed and instead of different parties putting forward different policies concerning how they would run Britain, we now have two quasi-parties made up of those who are loyal to the democratic vote of Britons and those who are loyal to the European Union. I’ve searched my memory for something to compare the last three to four years with and the only thing that I can come up with are the divisions caused by the Corn Laws and the Reform Acts of the 19^th century.

In just over a fortnight Britain will, hopefully, leave the EU but how will we leave? Will Prime Minister Boris Johnson shaft Britons by agreeing to the rehashed ‘surrender’ deal put together by former Prime Minister Theresa May or will we leave the EU without a deal and on WTO terms? Will the EU succeed in using the Irish Republic as a tool to batter the British government into submission or will they fail? We don’t know. Everything is up in the air at the moment, few people are sure what is going on.

What we do know is that the actions of the anti-democratic Remainers have changed Britain’s politics, but for good or ill only time will tell. At present all the Remainers have managed to do is tarnish the image of British politics in the minds of the public and to cement in our minds the view that we are governed by a Westminster clique that sneers at us and treats us like stupid and disobedient children.

If we do leave the EU in a clean manner on the 31^st October, which is my preferred option as I believe that we should get out of the EU before it collapses or becomes even more authoritarian than it is at present, then work will need to be done by politicians to repair the damage that the last few years have done. Parliament, by the actions of Remainers, has been tarnished and there will need to be serious reform. For a start, the Fixed Term Parliament Act needs to go as it has been exploited by the Remainers to deny the General Election that is sorely needed to clear the political air. Parliament also needs to accept that its procedures have not been up to the task of steering Brexit through the Commons and that never again should the House be governed by a Speaker showing such naked partisanship as John Bercow has done. There needs to be greater powers for recall of MP’s and maybe this could be extended to cover those MP’s who have falsely represented themselves to their constituents and to allow voters to recall, in certain circumstances, those MP’s who change parties or go against local opinion and maybe force by-elections in these cases?

The last three years in British politics should not have happened. The MP’s who voted for a Referendum and who promised to abide by the result of it but did not have done an enormous amount of damage to both the Brexit process and to the reputation of Parliament. I don’t think that post Brexit there can be a return to ‘business as usual’ at Westminster because the people are too angry at and too disgusted by the antics of Parliamentarians for that to occur.