"There is Always Hope" - Nigel Farage Rallies the PBCTP
On a sunny Saturday afternoon, the Tea Party grassroots gathered upstairs at the Stadium Grill in Abacoa to hear from Brexit mastermind Nigel Farage.
Introduced by CL Bryant, who reminded us that “When the government fears the people that is Liberty, when the people fear the government that is Tyranny”, this event was part of a FreedomWorks sponsored multi-city tour that is bringing the lessons of Brexit to the USA.
Brexit is now a done deal. After a clear victory at the ballot box, it took years to actually make it happen as Britain’s equivalent of our “deep staters” dragged their feet and placed obstacle after obstacle in its way. For Nigel Farage, it was a 30 year journey. From his position as a member of the European Parliament, he argued, cajoled and organized his way to a stunning victory in June of 2016, when British voters chose to “Leave” the European Union by a 4% margin. In October of that year, then Prime Minister Theresa May invoked Article 50, formally giving notice of Britain’s intent to leave the EU. It was not a done deal though until the end of 2020.
The globalist institutional powers, including governments and the media were overwhelmingly opposed to the idea and heaped ridicule on the concept and on its proponents. Nigel though, proved that grassroots can have the final say if they are organized and the cause is just. In our country, the same sorts of elite, globalist opposition derided the candidacy of Donald Trump, and used every tool in their extensive toolbox to thwart his election. Just like with Brexit, the unlikely outcome was achieved, narrowly yet decisively.
In Nigel’s view, the comparison goes farther. Because of our History (revolution and war of 1812 notwithstanding), we have a closer affinity with Britain than any other country. We have similar organizing principles and value liberty. The history of the European Union is one of usurping the power and sovereignty of its member states in favor of a central bureaucracy, much like the power of the individual and of the states has been eroded in the US by our enormous bloated federal government.
With the results of the flawed 2020 election, we are now saddled with an “Empire Strikes Back” situation, yet as Nigel said several times, there is always hope to sustain us. The most important rallying issue in Brexit was uncontrolled immigration into the EU and by extension, into the UK itself. Leaving the EU was seen by some as the only answer. As our own border is being swamped by unheard of numbers of undocumented migrants, truckloads of illegal drugs, and cartel controlled human trafficking, the Biden Administration will be held to account if we all work together.
Nigel became the face of Brexit and made it happen through will and determination. We can do the same with Donald Trump and the MAGA agenda.
There is always hope.