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Confluence August 2019 Issue AUGUST 2019 DELIVERING BREXIT By Shanta Acharya The newly elected leader of the Conservative party and Prime Mr Johnson faces a country frustrated with Brexit. There was Minister of the UK, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, has no call for a referendum from the people, it was forced on pledged to leave the European Union on 31 October 2019, ‘do the nation by the Conservative party. The referendum itself or die’, if a free trade agreement cannot be reached by then. was poorly framed, it was meant to be advisory and the The ‘Withdrawal Agreement’ Theresa May, his predecessor, margin of victory was far from decisive, thrusting the brokered was thrice rejected by Parliament. For Boris country into an existential crisis. Brexit was never defined, Johnson, this agreement is beyond resurrection unless the there is no evidence that a ‘no-deal’ Brexit is what people ‘backstop’, an insurance plan to avoid a hard border between want or voted for. There has never been a consensus on what Northern Ireland and its southern neighbor, is removed. The Brexit means. Mrs May’s ‘Brexit means Brexit’ is as close a EU has made it clear the backstop is not negotiable. Ursula definition as any. The Conservative party has now reached a von der Leyen, the recently elected President of the European point of reckoning. Mr Johnson longs to be seen in the mould Commission, indicated her desire for ‘constructive of his hero, Winston Churchill. Such a legacy seems unlikely relations’, but the newly configured EU has emphatically as long as the fundamental divisions in the country are ruled out reopening negotiations. The EU Commission’s heightened by the persistent threat of a no-deal. As leader of Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said he was looking a divided country facing a constitutional crisis, the forward to working with Boris Johnson ‘to facilitate the challenges he faces will test Mr Johnson’s self-belief. If he ratification of the withdrawal agreement and achieve an manages to deliver a ‘managed Brexit’ ratified by the EU and orderly Brexit’. the UK Parliament that would be nothing short The threat of a no-deal Brexit of a miracle. It seems may have worked in the unlikely even for an beginning. It looks unlikely alchemist. now, taking into account Mr Johnson’s majority of one, Parliament remains which is less than Theresa intractably divided, it is May’s after her decision to call unlikely to ratify a no- a snap election in 2017. With deal Brexit. In an open Parliament refusing to leave letter, dated 9 July 2019, the EU without a deal, the from Jeremy Corbyn, appointment of a no-deal leader of the opposition, Brexit cabinet comes as no he wrote: ‘Whoever surprise. While the becomes the new Prime government directs additional Minister should have the resources into preparing the confidence to put their nation for no-deal, Mr deal, or No Deal, back to Johnson’s threat to withhold the people in a public payment of the divorce bill, which is legally binding, may not vote. In those circumstances, I want to make it clear that help in facilitating a smooth departure. Blaming the EU for a Labour would campaign for Remain against either No Deal no-deal is also not helpful. The problem with Brexit lies at or a Tory deal that does not protect the economy and jobs.’ home, where differences are just as fractious and entrenched The newly-elected Liberal Democratic party leader, Jo as before – divisions which led to the fall of Theresa May, not Swinson, who is committed to staying in the EU, said Mr to mention David Cameron, who unwittingly called for the Johnson had ‘shown time and time again that he isn’t fit to referendum. Whether Boris Johnson turns out to be the third be the prime minister of our country’. She is not the only Prime Minister to be sacrificed to Brexit remains to be seen. person to publicly say so. The First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, also committed to staying in the EU, In his victory speech, he promised to ‘deliver Brexit, unite congratulated Mr Johnson, but said she had ‘profound the country and defeat Jeremy Corbyn’. He promised to concerns’ about him becoming Prime Minister. Mr Johnson energise the country, get Brexit done by end of October and continues to depend on Northern Ireland’s Democratic take advantage of ‘all the opportunities it will bring with a Unionist Party, who have kept the Conservatives in new spirit of can do.’ Mr Johnson further assured the nation government since the 2017 general election. that ‘we are once again going to believe in ourselves, and like some slumbering giant we are going to rise and ping off the The fact is that delivering Brexit remains an impossible guy ropes of self-doubt and negativity.’ He has promised assignment, no one has found a solution to the Irish border investing in health and social care, policing and defence, question. A hard border would violate the Good Friday education and infrastructure, and uniting the ‘awesome Agreement – hence the ‘backstop’. It is hard to see how Mr. foursome’. One cannot deny the feel-good power of his Johnson can extricate himself from this alliance without speeches, but words come easily to Mr Johnson. The nation’s destroying the UK. A no-deal, hard border exit could socioeconomic problems, its deep and entrenched inequality, strengthen calls for a United Ireland, encouraged by cannot be easily fixed. People have heard it all before and are demographic change and the slow waning of unionist skeptical of more promises. sentiment. If dark clouds gather on the Northern Ireland border, it will spur demands for… Continues on P3 Girish Karnad P15& 21 JLF P8 Mauritius P4 Samaybharti P12 August 2019 21 Editorially Speaking CONTENTS Dear readers, 122 Delivering Brexit Shanta Acharya I am very pleased to bring this issue of Confluence on time. 2 Editorially Speaking This has been possible largely because of our writers who Vijay Anand sent their manuscripts on time as promised. I am really appreciative of their commitment and hope this will be the 3 Poem & Painting Meenakshi Mohan case with our future issues too. 4 The Mauritian Way! Sonali Appanah In this editorial, I would like to highlight some of the literary events that took place recently when some of our 6 Khorshed Ginwala By Devi Rajab writers were recognised for their contributions to the literary world. As reported in our last issue one of our 7 Indian Film Festival Lalit Mohan Joshi regular writers Yogesh Patel was recognised as a ‘poet of honour’ by Matwaala, a collective of South Asian diaspora Jaipur Literary 8 Sunayana Panda poets in New York. Yogesh has a regular column titled festival ‘Through Poetic Lens’ for the last few years. Recently one of our regular short story writers Subhash Chandra, has 10 Poem: Raakhee Prabhu Guptara been recognised by a few different literary bodies for his work. The most distinguished award was the prestigious Ragu ‘Literary Brigadier Award’ by Story Mirror, a global online 11 Gold Price Dharmaratnam portal for short stories and poems. As many of our readers know, Subhash is a prolific writer of short fiction. Another achievement, well worth mentioning here, is the 12 Samaybharti Deepa Vanjani publication of ‘Poems Grow with You’ by one of our regular columnists and prestigious Sahitya Akademi award - 13 Mumbai Expressions Anju Makhija winning writer Anju Makhija. We congratulate these Fiction: Beyond the writers and look forward to their contributions. 14 Mona Mohanty night For many years we have been covering the Jaipur Literature Festival in London as well as in India. In this 15 Girish Karnad Reginald Massey issue, Sunayana Panda has written her account of the event recently concluded in London. 16 Malathy’s Musings Malathy Sitaram In my last editorial, I said “For those of us living in Britain 17 Fiction: The Spot Subhash Chandra the major disappointment during the last three years is Brexit, but I very much hope we will see the end of the 18 Two Poems Anita Nahal tunnel before our next issue”. Unfortunately, there is no end of the tunnel to be seen so far but in this issue Shanta Through the Poetic Acharya, a well-known writer and investment specialist 19 Yogesh Patel Lens has given a detailed account of the complex issues involved in delivering Brexit. Dawood Ali 20 Collective Nouns As usual, we look forward to receiving submissions for our McCallum November issue from next month onwards. In the Obituary: Girish meantime, once again we welcome your feedback through 21 Lalit Mohan Joshi letters to the Editor. Karnad Happy reading and enjoy the rest of summer! Fiction: Empire 22 Cyril Dabydeen Writes Back Vijay Anand 23 Meeting Jeffrey Archer Sunayana Panda To subscribe to Confluence online please register at www.confluence.mobi or www.confluence.org.uk 23 LUCKNOW Part 2 Pritvijeet Sinha Published by CONFLUENCE PUBLISHING 23 Cray Avenue, Orpington BR5 4AA United Kingdom Telephone: 01689 836 394 / 07801 569 640 MANAGING EDITOR Dr. Vijay Anand SUB-EDITOR Malathy Sitaram FOUNDER EDITOR Late Joe Nathan Enquiries: [email protected] Design: Confluence Publishing Ltd The views expressed by interviewees or contributors are their own and do not necessarily reflect Confluence editorial policy. No part of this publication or part of the contents thereof may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form without the express permission of the publisher in writing. © Copyright, Confluence Publishing 2019 CONFLUENCE AUGUST 2019 2 August 2019 From P 1 begin and the UK grapples with its future relationship with DELIVERING BREXIT the EU along with the rest of the world.
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