Peter D Williams explains why his Christian values led him to vote to
Leave and why he believes the UK's future is better out than
in.
Last Thursday, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. As
a Christian Brexiteer, I’m delighted, but not every one of my brothers and
sisters in Christ share my elation. Many of them perceive voting to
Leave as an endorsement of an anti-Christian politics of fear, xenophobia, and
prejudice, one that rejects peace, unity, and international brotherhood.
Suffice it to say, I think they are mistaken. Despite the brief division and
disappointment, in the long run this historic decision is a good thing for
Christian values, one that is in keeping with the counter-cultural nature of
our faith.
Whether Britain should have been a member of the EU was not, contrary to
what the main campaigns would have had you believe, about the economy, or
immigration. Nor was the debate about whether or not you like Europe or
Europeans, or whether or not you like either the Leave or Remain campaigns and
how they prosecuted their respective cases.
Four key claims made by the Remain camp were demolished last night in
the final hours of the referendum battle.
As voters prepared to go to the polls
in a knife-edge contest, Leave supporters said David Cameron's arguments on
Turkey, trade, migration and welfare had fallen apart.
And in a final impassioned plea, Michael Gove declared today was 'D-Day'
for current generations of Britons. He urged wavering voters not to flinch from
regaining sovereignty from a Brussels machine that would leave their country
poorer and less secure.
Polls make the contest neck and neck. 'It's 50:50,' said Professor John
Curtice – the only analyst to have predicted last year's election result.
Making his final arguments for Britain to remain in the EU, the Prime
Minister suffered a series of body blows from events and interventions beyond
his control:
On
Turkey, EU diplomats said talks on the country's membership will reopen
next week;
On trade,
Germany's top industrialist dismissed claims Brexit would spark a tariff
war;
On
migration, EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker ruled out more changes to free
movement rules;
On
welfare, Mr Cameron was accused of falsely claiming jobless migrants can
be kicked out.
Sovereignty is democracy. The idea of democracy
is that the people of that country are in control. That doesn't mean they get
100% control, because everything in life is a compromise and a negotiation, but
at least in a democracy the people we elect get to make those compromises. In
the EU it's done behind closed doors, in deals with big businesses by people
that no-one ever elected."Steve
Hilton
Members of Parliament represent British Voters
and therefore serve the will of the British people, if Members of Parliament
think that we as British Voters serve their will and ambition, it’s time they stood down and let those who
are willing to serve their Country take their place,if Parliament thinks that they can ignore and
cast aside what us as British Voters have voted for it’s time for a General
Election.
I'm voting for us, to leave the EU today, I have
no problems with Europe or Europeans , but I live in Britain and am British,
and therefore I don't live in a country called Europe and my nationality isn't
European! I respect other people's views even when they disagree with me, but
the European project started as a free trade association and is now a political
union , with it's own laws, parliament, currency, flag, national anthem
,police, president and executive and now it's own military arm, that sounds
like a country to me, if we vote to leave we simply get our country Great
Britain back , the journey may be difficult, and we will face many challenges ,
but I believe that despite that, Great Britain will be great again outside the
behemoth that is a country called Europe,
