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I remain flabbergasted that Brexit happened but wasn't the overwhelming victory of Boris Johnson & the conservative party at the end of 2019 basically a re-stat

by quartz 3y ago

I remain flabbergasted that Brexit happened but wasn't the overwhelming victory of Boris Johnson & the conservative party at the end of 2019 basically a re-statement by the population that they wanted it? IIRC that was basically a single issue election after which Brexit was more or less fast-tracked without continued internal opposition. Up until that point there had been a series of delays and rejections of Brexit plans in parliament and it looked like it might not happen. (I'm not British and have only watched this from afar so I'm actually curious about if this read is accurate.)

shawabawa3 3y ago
It's accurate in that that's what the government said, and they had a huge majority so could do whatever they wanted But due to our awful electoral system, they achieved that with only around 40% of the vote
andrewstuart 3y ago
Murdoch wanted brexit. Rupert’s Australia's ‘deadliest export’. https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/rupert-s-our-deadliest-export-trump-s-an-egomaniac-bully-says-turnbull-20230504-p5d5mh.html https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/rupert-s-our-dead...
- ThisIsNotNew 3y ago
  UK employers refused to increase salaries because they had unlimited supply of cheap labour from Eastern Europe, they treated them like shit but they still came and worked for them. Well the end result is those same working class British who they refused to pay more eventually voted Brexit. Now the UK employers are super desperate for staff because there is no more cheap labour for them to take advantage off. And wages are rising faster because the workers are in charge now.
  - thedrbrian 3y ago
    an example from the industry I'm in https://www.ft.com/content/13a0a9f5-5db6-488c-9860-18bd74fd2572 https://www.ft.com/content/13a0a9f5-5db6-488c-9860-18bd74fd2... Oh no, we've got to invest in our staff

by quartz 3y ago

shawabawa3 3y ago

It's accurate in that that's what the government said, and they had a huge majority so could do whatever they wanted But due to our awful electoral system, they achieved that with only around 40% of the vote

andrewstuart 3y ago

Murdoch wanted brexit. Rupert’s Australia's ‘deadliest export’. https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/rupert-s-our-deadliest-export-trump-s-an-egomaniac-bully-says-turnbull-20230504-p5d5mh.html https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/rupert-s-our-dead...

ThisIsNotNew 3y ago
UK employers refused to increase salaries because they had unlimited supply of cheap labour from Eastern Europe, they treated them like shit but they still came and worked for them. Well the end result is those same working class British who they refused to pay more eventually voted Brexit. Now the UK employers are super desperate for staff because there is no more cheap labour for them to take advantage off. And wages are rising faster because the workers are in charge now.
- thedrbrian 3y ago
  an example from the industry I'm in https://www.ft.com/content/13a0a9f5-5db6-488c-9860-18bd74fd2572 https://www.ft.com/content/13a0a9f5-5db6-488c-9860-18bd74fd2... Oh no, we've got to invest in our staff