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農暦五月十三日。朝、驟雨。思ひきりの雨のなか傘がお気に入りなら気持ちは晴ればれ。
▼蓮舫議員都知事選出馬辞退……は賢明。淀橋は政治家にとつて鬼門。官僚鈴木のあと「青島だぁ」も新銀行石原、『イノセの肖像』（小学館）もカッパブックス『舛添が都知事になる日』も都知事になつてロクなことなし。弄ばれて終はり。総務櫻井氏とてアホぢゃなければ誰も推挙に応じぬのは当然。田母神先生なき今、毎朝登庁しての実務もなく、タレント系言論人が続いてゐること考へれば田中康夫ちゃんあたりでどうかしら……と思ひつゝ宇都宮先生三たび立候補なら美濃部以来の革新都政になるのかしら。
▼FT紙の社説“Britain should vote to stay in the EU”（こちら）。
This newspaper has supported British membership of the EU from the outset in 1973. The Financial Times does not favour membership of the single currency. It makes no economic sense. But opting out of the euro is quite different from opting out of the EU, which would seriously damage the UK economy. Constructive engagement is vital when Europe confronts threats from Islamist extremism, migration, Russian aggrandisement and climate change. These can only be tackled collectively.
わからないでもない。だが英国の屈折も英国ゆゑでいつまでもあのまゝでゐてほしいと思ふとグローバリズムから距離をとり英国は英国、蘇格蘭独立も厭はぬが蘇格蘭は蘇格蘭でゐてほしいと思ふ。いや、EUとはさういふものではない、EU中枢のドイツもフランスもEUになつてもドイツやフランスのまゝぢゃないか、といはれゝばその通りなのだが。かなり微妙な選択になるのでは？と思つてゐたところでEU残留訴へてゐた野党労働党のMPが右翼の偏執狂に殺される事件あり。“Lessons we should learn from the life of Jo Cox”（こちら）となり
Ms Cox’s killing should be a reminder that democracy is a fragile thing. The journey from civilisation to barbarism is far shorter than many in the west imagine. In her maiden speech as an MP last year, she declared that “we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us”. If there is anything remotely to be gained from her death, it is that the British public should heed those words now.
もはや勝負あり。