I
watched this evening´s BBC debate on the UK´s European referendum. And I was
very impressed by two of the Remain supporters: the Mayor of London, Sadiq
Khan, a Labour politician, and the Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson.
They are excellent debaters and, being still relatively young, they are rising
stars. Both will certainly have a lot to contribute to their country´s
political life. Their main opponent was Boris Johnson, the Conservative sacred
bull, a very well informed and smart fellow, and also an excellent orator. But
he comes out as disingenuous, as someone who is above all self-centred and
concerned with taking advantage of any opportunity to advance his own
ambitions.
The
debate was a bitter one. This has been an extremely divisive time for the UK. It
has turned political friends into acrimonious enemies. Whatever the outcome of
the vote on Thursday – I hope it will be in favour of keeping the EU membership
– the British political landscape will come out radically changed. A new type
of alliances will be formed within the key political parties. And half of the
country will feel terribly left behind. That´s certainly not good.
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