'Cameo' of Cameron

Dr. Vickramabahu Karunaratne

May 12, 2015

The victory of Conservatives' in United Kingdom should bring tears of happiness to Mahinda, as it shows even in UK the chauvinism has gained ground against Euro Corporation. Many have commented on the nationalist stand taken by the British PM and they have indicated that could be a factor for the victory.

It is true that Cameron harassed Mahinda and demanded explanation for Human rights violations happened under Mahinda regime. When he was here, Cameron went to north of Lanka to meet Tamils scarred by years of Tamil liberation struggle. That led to a confrontation with the president Mahinda over the regime's human rights record. Cameron, who has defied boycott calls to attend a Commonwealth conference hosted by Lanka, is the first world leader to travel to the north since Lanka gained independence in 1948. He was left in little doubt about the depth of despair felt by Tamils, when a large, noisy crowd pleaded with him to act swiftly, as he left the library building in Jaffna. But Cameron failed to display the same sensitivity in relation to the people in less developed areas in Europe. Victory by the United Kingdom's Conservative Party in national elections means, less integration with the European Union and the possibility of Britain leaving the EU in the next two years. David Cameron, as the party's leader, promised a referendum by the end of 2017 to decide whether the U.K. should stay in the organization or walk away from it.

Conservative party's manifesto

"The EU is too bureaucratic and too undemocratic," reads the party's manifesto. The platform also alluded to migrants from other EU countries moving to the U.K. and draining local resources. "It interferes too much in our daily lives, and the scale of migration triggered by new members joining in recent years has had a real impact on local communities." A Conservative-led Parliament also means the U.K. won't be adopting the Euro currency anytime soon. "We will protect our economy from any further integration of the Eurozone. The integration of the Eurozone has raised acute questions for non-Eurozone countries like the United Kingdom," the manifesto goes on to say.

Disgusting

Of course we cannot compare Mahinda's fascistic policies with the nationalism displayed by Cameron. But some of his utterances are disgusting even to our local rationalists. "The pundits got it wrong, the pollsters got it wrong, the commentators got it wrong," Cameron reportedly said during a victory address at the Conservative Campaign Headquarters. "The real reason to be proud, the real reason to be excited, is we are getting the opportunity to serve our country again ... all the things we've done in the past five years, laying that foundation. Now being able to offer real hope to people in our country -- we are on the brink of something so exciting." Only English fascists would cheer to such short sighted thinking. His party has been left with just one MP in Scotland; where its bigwigs like Jim Murphy, Douglas Alexander and Margaret Curran were swept away by what is now being termed the Scottish National Party (SNP) "tsunami." Like in Mahinda's case minorities have deserted him, only difference is Cameron won with his English base. The SNP recorded a historic landslide victory in Scotland, winning 56 seats -- a 50 percent share of votes in the region. The party's victory could fuel a fresh demand for Scottish independence, according to media reports. However, Nicola Sturgeon, leader of SNP, denied that the votes her party gathered were votes in favor of independence.

Outright majority

Cameron's conservative party, which unexpectedly won an outright majority in the U.K. elections after many pundits predicted a hung parliament, also wants to reign in more powers from Brussels after taking action to return about 100 powers from the EU. "We want national parliaments to be able to work together to block unwarranted European legislation," says the manifesto. "And we want an end to our commitment to an 'ever closer union,' as enshrined in the treaty to which every EU country has to sign up. Furthermore, we will continue to ensure that Defence policy remains firmly under British national control, maintaining NATO and the trans-Atlantic relationship as the cornerstones of our defense ..." Cameron's thinking as given in this manifesto is certainly close to our " great patriot" Gunadasa Amarasekara. Latter in a similar manner proposes isolation for Sinhala people. No power sharing and no unity on that basis. No cooperation with neighboring countries particularly with Tamil Nadu. Though Gunadasa condemns western leaders for their imperialist projects, his own projects are micro images of the projects forced by imperialist masters! 

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