With only one full day of campaigning to go before the Brexit referendum, British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday resorted to a desperate appeal to older British voters.
With the official PM residence of 10 Downing Street as a backdrop, Cameron (shown) passionately urged Britons to vote on Thursday to remain in the EU, citing economic, security and legacy (“it’s for the children”) arguments, all standard bromides that have failed to stop the momentum for the Leave (Brexit) side.
The left-wing New Statesman noted, in a headline: “David Cameron’s surprise intervention shows just how worried Remain are.” The June 21 article by Stephen Bush carried this subtitle: “Using the door of Downing Street in this way is a tactic borne out of desperation.”
“In a statement designed to win over elderly voters and reinforce fears about the economic consequence of a Leave vote in Thursday’s referendum,” noted Bush, “Cameron spoke outside 10 Downing Street; the first example in modern times of a prime minister using the paraphernalia of his office in election time, though the podium appeared without Whitehall’s branding and was paid for by Britain Stronger in Europe, not the government.”
What the New Statesman reporter didn’t mention is that the pro-EU lobbying group Britain Stronger in Europe is really a front for Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and other financial behemoths that stand to lose if the Brexit goes through — and stand to keep their privileged positions and huge gravy train going, if Brits can be frightened into remaining in the EU.
However, the Too-Big-To-Fail bankster connection to the Remain side goes far beyond merely funding the public face of the anti-Brexit campaign. Goldman Sachs and the other giant banks have an outsized influence in terms of the large number of “their” people who have been placed in positions of power throughout institutions of the European Union and the national governments of its member nations. Take, for instance, Goldman Sachs, the infamous “vampire squid.” In the run-up to the referendum, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi issued warnings that a British exit from the EU would have serious negative consequences for both Britain and Europe. Likewise, Bank of England chief Mark Carney has weighed in on the issue, inappropriately (and illegally, some charge) urging a “Remain” vote on the national referendum.
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