Mark Dolan: The case for Brexit gets stronger by the day, perhaps the British public weren't so stupid after all

The Telegraph newspaper are reporting that the European Parliament have said Brits did not know what they were voting for when they chose to leave the block.

What a bunch of blockheads.

This famously undemocratic regime, once again shows its contempt for the will of the people.

The EU is an unelected political monolith, unapologetically detached from the hopes, dreams and aspirations of the people it leads.

The EU is interested in only one thing, its own interests, its own self preservation.

Why else would they weaponise the Northern Ireland protocol, which risks restarting the troubles.

And this is the block by the way that threatened to erect a border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, when they messed up and failed to order enough vaccines early in the pandemic.

The EU is dominated by France and Germany – smaller countries don't get a look in, Greece being the most egregious example.

Effectively bankrupted for several generations by that horrific bailout deal struck during the global downturn in 2010.

That's how they treat the little guys.

And their contempt for voters is clear from this latest outburst.

You the British people are too stupid and too ignorant to have known what you voted for.

Except you're not.

Yes Brexit is not without its challenges and bumps in the road and I can't think too many people anticipated that there would not be a short-term economic and logistical impact.

But it was about sovereignty, about democracy and the long term direction of this country.

It's pretty clear that the British people wanted power back in their own hands.

Control of our borders, our laws, our money and our trade policy. And all of those things are now in our gift. Yes there are compromises.

The deal was an absolute horror show for our fisherman.

European courts are still to entwined in our constitution and of course there is that wretched Northern Ireland protocol, which divides our country so disgracefully.

But as with the friction of goods and other economic tensions, all of this will wash away over time, once the politics of our departure has become a distant memory.

There will come a point when the EU wants to stop bashing Britain and start doing business with us.

We buy more from them than they buy from us, and in the end capitalism always wins. I got in a bit of hot water this week for the following tweet.

Now of course I'm not happy to see the inevitable impacts that Brexit having bringing on certain groups and industries.

That must be resolved. But I stand by my comments. So many of my fellow Remainers have proved to be antidemocratic bullies.

They are the same people echoing this idea that the public are stupid and didn't know what they voted for.

And they're also normally the ones with a blue heart next to their profile on Twitter, a mask of course, the EU flag and pronouns.

The euro zealots seem to be aligned with the be kind brigade, who are anything but.

Whether anyone likes it or not, Brexit will be a success, because sovereignty and self-determination are always the basis of a successful country.

Striking trade deals with scores of countries around the world.

A deal with America is coming and yes even China too.

It's obvious that a single country is far more nimble footed in any trade negotiations, than having to speak on behalf of 27 member states.

Brexit is an insurance policy against a single European army.

That project is on the way and given the dithering and confusion over Ukraine it's pretty clear that the EU couldn't run a whelk stall, let alone a military operation.

The Germans for example are far too reliant on Russian gas to stand up to Putin.

So I won't take any lectures from them thank you very much.

The EU have equivocated over Ukraine and we will pay the price.

Some of the detail in relation to Brexit doesn't make for great reading, but the bigger picture is a brexit one.

Brexit is also an insurance policy against ever being a member of the euro, which would stop us acting in the best interests of our own economy.

It's an insurance policy against ever being in the Schengen area, which sees the unlimited flow of citizens back and forth, with its potential stresses on infrastructure and society.

And Brexit is an opportunity for Britain to think differently.

To be an agile, low tax, dynamic and diverse society, marking us out as an economic, diplomatic, military and creative player on the world stage.

It ain't perfect, but in my view, the case for Brexit gets stronger by the day.

Perhaps the British public weren't so stupid after all.