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See all this would make sense if the vote to leave was a vote against the Westminster hegemony. But it was the exact opposite. It was a vote to concentrate powe
by lucozade 10y ago
See all this would make sense if the vote to leave was a vote against the Westminster hegemony. But it was the exact opposite. It was a vote to concentrate power in Westminster. It may have the effect of giving more power to Scotland and NI but not to Wales or the bulk of England
- dragonwriter 10y agoSure, if you view things as being about Westminster as an institution independent of the present factions in power (not just the majority forming the government, but the dominant factions in both major parties.) OTOH, if you see it as about "Westminster" as the an institutional consensus that unites the notionally opposing major parties, then its easy to see the Brexit as a vote against that consensus and for a radical realignment of power, not just in terms of dominance between the existing parties but in terms of the divisions around which major policy debate and partisan divides should be structured.