Quote (dro94 @ 29 Jan 2018 21:07)
The UK is currently experiencing the most embittered political infighting since world war 2. Working class socialists who voted labour all their adult lives are leaving the party to join the Liberal Democrats to force a second referendum that overturns Brexit. Simultaneously, hundreds of thousands of young people that joined labour preceding the 2017 general election and voted to stay in the EU are rallying around their somewhat Eurosceptic leader, who advocates following through with the result of the referendum and leaving the customs union. Momentum, a Marxist political group, have infiltrated the Labour party through an elaborate network and have been working behind the scenes to stop potential centre-left candidates from running for office, pushing Labour even further to the left than its leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Meanwhile in the government, Theresa May has been hanging on to dear life since last year's crushing (relative) defeat at the general election and has relied on religious fanatics in Northern Ireland to abide. With barely a majority in parliament and a party with MP's where around half voted to leave and half to stay, and having to contend with hardline brexiteer backbenchers demanding a hard brexit; i.e. a complete split from the EU and exit from the single market, May has been fortunate that the opposition and the electorate are in a similar state of chaos.
reading this i find so many parallels from german politics atm, however in our case this infighting is the last struggle of merkel+her minions and the complete meltdown of the social democrats
it looks like the current heads of the established parties are really trying to hit the wall with full speed
there are two i am wondering about
how did theresa may manage to stay in office for so long? is there no one else or is that woman glued to her chair?
since you mention the movement for a second referendum, is that even necessary
from an outside perspective it looks like brexit will never happen