Roger Scruton talking about Poland, “And he said, you know, of course, we welcomed the entry into the European Union and the people welcomed it. Why? Because it enabled them to Get Away. And now we have the Biggest Democratic Problem that we’ve had in our History. We Can’t Pay the Pensions that we are Obliged to Pay. All our Best Young People have left a Qualified Middle Class. Likewise, that’s what Freedom of Movement has done to Poland and to other countries in Eastern Europe. From my experience, we bear the Weight of Migration on our Infrastructure have also caused another Weight to Them, which is that the Loss of their Educated and Technically Competent Class. So, you know, why should we have accepted this? We were never given any possibility, because the Treaty under which we live was signed nearly 70 Years Ago by people who lived in a Completely Different Situation, and who are trying to Unite for Countries which didn’t want to Migrate into each other at all and had the Same Standard of Living and the Same general Economic Structure. That treaty was Relevant perhaps to those Four Countries. It’s Not Relevant to us now, but we are Living under this Treaty. It’s not an Ordinary Treaty, it’s a Treaty which has Lawmaking. Powers can Impose Laws from Above on our Common Law Jurisdiction without her being able to Adjust Them. And these Laws are Reflecting Decisions and Thoughts and Ideals of People long since Dead who had a completely Different Conception of what Europe would be, than the Actuality that we face today! So even this, in a sense, we are being Ruled by the Long Hand of the Dead! And those dead people were Themselves Conspirators Against the Idea of the Nation State because That was the Cause of Wars! We have to Get Rid of the Nation State and the Treaty was Formulated in order to Facilitate That. Yet we Survived the Last War because of our Loyalty to the Nation State. It’s All we’ve Got!”
018. Why Roger Scruton wants Brexit Part 3
