Chandra Panchabhikesan asked Tim Butcher:

( Pancha Chandra): What advice would you give Boris Johnson as he does not seem to have a clue on how to run the nation? Would a fresh general election change the future of the nation? After all we, need an ethical leader at the helm; not an empty vessel who makes far too much noise! Is the Labour leader up to the job?

Tim Butcher Dear Pancha Chandra – my advice would be for him to find courage. Brexit’s appeal is premised on fear; fear of Brussels, fear of a European federalist conspiracy, fear Britain has lost contol and must wrest it back. Britain needs leaders who do not give into such fear, who see Europe as an opportunity not a threat, who have confidence in a British nation that is both strong enough in its own identity and brave enough to recognise that strength can come from alliance with others. Our family lives thrive as a union. Our working lives grow strong through union with partners, clients, equals. All nations are unions. Mine happens to be a union of English, Scots, Welsh, Ulstermen but the common message for all nations has to be `together we thrive – alone we wither’. If only our leaders, not only in Brexit Britain but Trump-tied America and chauvinistic Russia and totalitarian China and Modi-mad India would recognise this.

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