The Sin Bin • Re: Brexit Anyone ? (part 3)
POSTL wrote:
I STILL DON"T THINK WE WILL LEAVE
If this happens we'll be in for interesting times*.
*see (alleged) Chinese proverb
A very basic calculation tells us the far right will see a huge upsurge.
2015: 3.8 million UKIP votes.
2016: 17.4 million leave votes.
Let's assume all of those UKIP voters voted leave. That gives us 13+ million voters from other parties being told their vote is meaningless. Even now there's a growing undercurrent of fury among leave voters, who are angrily watching the various factions playing politics - some want to soften Brexit, some want the hardest Brexit, some want May's deal, some want a 2nd referendum, some want to reverse Brexit, some are more concerned with a General Election whatever the cost. They're all playing games and damn the rest.
I listened to some wet (cross-party) politicians the other night assuring one another there wouldn't be any civil disorder because (and I sh*t you not), "while the French like a good riot, it simply isn't British". Deary me.
Civil disorder would only be the start. Far right groups and parties would suddenly be the only option left for those who had thought their voices had finally been heard, only to be told "too stupid, too racist, not 'our' sort of voter". There will be a lot of p*ssed voters out there and let's remember 8 or 9 million votes could easily see a party in opposition Indeed, 10.7 million was enough to win (hung) in 2010. Granted, our 'first past the post' system would make it difficult, but there have been bigger shocks in recent years and the anger out there is palpable.
Meanwhile, Labour are splintering, and shedding voters. Their traditional working class support (much of which voted leave) is AGAIN being told their opinions and concerns matter less than others. The new generation - the militant Corbynistas - are gradually realising their idol is out of tune with their views and is, in reality, a staunch Eurosceptic. They are losing members and their working class voters are angry.
If the idiotic liberal left think reversing Brexit would be the end of it, they are sorely mistaken. I've only ever voted Labour and Tory in my life but if Brexit was reversed I'd be raising a middle finger and voting for whichever hard right group emerged - frankly I wouldn't care less by that point, and I am far from alone.
Statistics: Posted by Cronus — Mon Jan 28, 2019 12:52 am