Dear John,
Yesterday, it was revealed that Nigel Farage went behind the Government’s back in an attempt to block the government’s recent Chagos Islands deal.
The same Farage who has always rattled on about British “sovereignty” and “taking back control” apparently sees no issue with subverting UK foreign policy decisions. If he can’t get the PM to agree with him, he’ll just go crawling to his boss – Donald Trump.
It hints at the potential significance of a Trump victory at the US Presidential Election next week. Farage has already offered to serve as a bridge between the two nations should Trump win, an offer that the Labour government is almost certain to refuse.
But their refusal may not matter. Farage is significantly more likely than anyone in the Labour party (including either of the likely next ambassadors to Washington, David Miliband or Peter Mandelson) to have Trump on speed-dial, and he’s almost certain to call in favours where possible.
As the Chagos affair shows, he’s going to use that power purely to advance his own agenda – one that a very small portion of Britons actually voted for.
Nigel Farage and Donald Trump are not entitled to make unilateral decisions for Britain, or for the British people. That’s the opposite of national sovereignty and the opposite of democracy.
This dark deal threatens to plunge our country to terrifying new depths. As Trump threatens to use force on his political opponents (“the enemies within”) and Farage implies that Trump can’t lose the US election fairly, the pair are increasingly in lock-step.
One thing’s crystal clear to all of us at Open Britain: we can’t let a crook like Trump aid Farage on his quest to enter No. 10 in 2029.
