EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

'Austerity' is simply a form of divide-and-rule. Treat millions of people like shit and they'll start to fight among themselves. They'll gravitate towards more extreme expressions of the political spectrum and will split both the right and the left, but the former to a lesser extent. Trump certainly picked up 'left-behind' voters that pushed him into first place in many areas, even though as a percentage of the Republican electorate their number was actually quite small. It was undoubtedly similar with 'Brexit'. In a 51-49 type 'democracy', small shifts like this can be enough.

And yes, pretty much the same thing happened in Depression-era Germany.

Thanks for this

Ideas for stockpiling food

Think I'll stick to the dog food option.

Christ that's bleak

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/shortcuts/2018/jul/12/a-no-deal-brexit-survival-guide-what-food-to-stockpile?CMP=fb_gu ;)

Do they do a corn fed free range one?

Just reminded me of one of my all time favourite gifs

wow

Bork.

As Boris tries to defend his lies on social media, the real dirt comes out:

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This is a good read (sorry, don't know if it's already been posted) https://fabians.org.uk/brexit-voters-not-the-left-behind/

My guess is that austerity had a big part to play in removing the perceived rebalancing / restitution (retribution?) measures in society, which were necessary to ameliorate authoritarian attitudes sitting under the surface. In the 80's the UK chose to carry out a social experiment based on individualistic ideals (similar to the US), which meant not investing in education or social and collective responsibility. This experiment has now failed (or succeeded if you are especially wealthy and long to put the masses back in to serfdom).

Basically, it's Thatcher's fault.

Meanwhile, north of the border https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/25/scotland-brexit-bill-supreme-court-judges

This is good.

https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=http://m.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/europa-kann-donald-trump-mit-der-brexit-taktik-schlagen-a-1220113.html&xid=17259,15700023,15700124,15700126,15700149,15700168,15700186,15700190,15700201,15700208&usg=ALkJrhhwwezC8QjZc8vKj7LcB0uv_UCu2A

Oh, I live in London.

most Brexit supporters I have talked to believe in the world as a zero-sum game.

I think it's important to recognise that due to this lack of investment in education, social cohesion and social mobility, globalisation has affected some communities (ie. outside of London) far more than others. And people just don't want to live on handouts as it is dehumanising.

Despite all of this, i've consistently said (not here yet TBF but elsewhere): Brexit is probably not going to happen. On the off chance that I'm wrong and the UK chooses a hard brexit, I think there'll be anarchy (not the good sort, but mad max style barbarism) inside 3 months, mainly as a result of resource scarcity (food, fuel, medicines). The government knows this, which is why I'm not convinced that the UK will exit the EU.

Worth it for a blue passport?

Blue passports, son, we got blue passports.

Did that rat taste funny to you dad?

What foods should one look to stockpile, tinned goods I imagine? Asking for a friend.

space raiders.

They're stockpiling gruel as that's all they plan on feeding the workforce once they open the new workhouses for everyone who loses their job to brexit.

Tinned stuff I guessf, but you might want to consider something a little special to sit back and watch the news on the day it happens. The essentials: Belgian beer, Prosecco, Parma ham, tapenade, French cheeses, black truffles etc