hi my name's phil i like talking about politics and in this video i'm going to talk about a little article that was written by one boris johnson back in NUMBER_TOKEN about the pros and cons of leaving the eu more than a little enlightening when compared to how both boris johnson and brexit have turned out but first if you'd like to be notified of daily news and politics please subscribe to the channel and click the bell notification icon so back when leaving the eu was gathering pace as a concept in the conservative party uh now that it had a leader weak enough to allow it to happen in david cameron the then mayor of london boris johnson had a few things to say in an article in the telegraph where he wrote wrote the odd column and in this video i want to talk about one particular piece wasn't exactly a pro-european piece quite the reverse really but it contained wisdom that we can see today and many of you may be surprised to hear boris johnson be so clear on these points but we do have to remember that boris johnson didn't become the public face of the brexiteers in the conservative party at least because he was a believer but because he saw an opportunity for political power i liken him to someone who produces merchandise for flat earth events you know they don't necessarily believe in the concept but you know what there's money to be made so their public views are malleable this article which was supposed to set out reasons for staying in the eu as well as for leaving it you know especially one of those balance pieces actually ended up calling out his NUMBER_TOKEN self it was quite spectacular towards the end of the article if you were able to read it yourself to see boris johnson writing about how everything about boris johnson in the here and now is what is wrong with the uk today so johnson made a number of points about our place in the eu saying you know conceding that we were hardly at the center of europe because we're not involved in the euro um you know his first point was to say in terms of leaving the eu there would be a risk that inward investment would be harmed as investors would be put off the uk if we cut ourselves off from the as he called it giant european market well this has now occurred this has now come to pass the second thing he said is that we would be putting uk firms at a long-term disadvantage if we no longer influence the setting of standards and regulations in brussels now this is an interesting point because for those who are able to read this piece i'll link it below but it telegraphic maybe behind the paywall you read it as if johnson is a euroskeptic who nonetheless understands that we are better off in the eu even if he doesn't like it which is which is what boris johnson really was it's some tory mps regarding themselves as pragmatic remainers um like a sulky teenager who doesn't like their parents house rules but they know that moving out to be truly independent appeals even less so johnson suggested that eu might even try and stitch things up against us now he described this as being irrational
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