Thursday February 25 at The Athenaeum in Warminster I took my first steps into Political Activism. I joined a 'full house' of apparently mostly like minded individuals attending a meeting of the 'Vote Leave' campaign.
We were (at least I was) there to hear Daniel Hannan, Conservative MEP for Britain's South-East Region. I first became aware of Mr. Hannan several years ago when I lived in the US. He was a guest of Sean Hannity, a Conservative host of a prime-time show on the Fox News Cable Network, the only National Center-Right TV News source in the US. I no longer recall the specifics or even the subject of their conversation, only that I was impressed by Hannan's easy ability to communicate his 'Conservatism'.
I now follow Dan Hannan, on his website, in his blog and on You Tube. In my opinion he makes the most comprehensive, convincing and compelling case for Brexit I have heard so far. The speech he delivered on the 25th. was something of a 'stump' speech, one I have seen in various forms on You Tube refined over the last couple of years, but with perhaps a new added urgency as June 23rd looms.
I understand That Dan Hannan has declined the Leadership Role in the Vote Leave campaign and while I respect this personal choice and even sympathise with his rational I believe it to be a mistake.
The Vote Leave campaign does not have the time and the resources to compete head-to-head with David Cameron, his bureaucracy and the vested interest blocks, all busily trying to scare the electorate into inertia. Dan Hannan's intimate and apparent near encyclopaedic knowledge of the EU. His 'refined' arguments against absorption into the 'Superstate' project and his vision for the future outside of the EU I would argue offer little that a Brexit believer can disagree with and much that would appeal to those we must win over to our side if we are to be victorious June 23.
I believe that the Vote Leave campaign can be won and that Brexit offers our Country (and much of Europe) a bright and independent future. But time is short, Exceptional Leadership is required and I believe and I am convinced that Daniel Hannan can provide that Leadership.
If you truly believe in Brexit it's time you took charge Dan.
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