Excellent analysis of the crisis today in The Full Brexit, especially the short and punchy piece originally published in the Northern Star by G Hoare, pointing to the 'zombification' of the British state as elites sought alliances with their European (and other international) allies and effectively abandoned the need to gain consensus within the national system.
This is a left-wing version to go along with the more familiar right wing 'replacing the electorate' variant which says the liberal petty-bourgeoisie also sought to use international governmental force to impose their worldviews and values by law, knowing they would never persuade the British electorate to adopt them by consent, so attempting to sidestep them. This is directed at all the woke stuff usually, but there is a hard core of 'modernisation' and marketisation.
Global capitalism and personal liberalism have always gone together, of course, as far as the very rich are concerned.
The petite bourgeoisie hate both the proletariat below and the traditional elite above, and have them both on the list for the tumbrils, choosing targets by opportunity.
Climate change might have disillusioned them with the globalists for now, but new solar technology and successful car batteries will win them over again no doubt.They will never forgive the proletariat, however, for their supposed (symbolic) racism or sexual intolerance.
Successfully 'developing a new relationship with Europe' for electoral purposes will probably mean adopting (private) human relations stuff, environmental protections (as long as it doesn't restrict agribusiness too much), and lots of other symbolic gestures -- flying Ukrainian flags alongside LGBTQIA+ ones? Increasing the number of celebratory minority days? Decolonising the high street?
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