B) It seemed to me that most of the push for trying to stay in the EU after all was from the antisocialist, anti-worker, anti-Corbyn wing of Labour-who were pushing that mainly to sabotage his chances of unifying the party-from the LibDems, who can now fairly be called a party of the right on economic issues(on those, I think they are basically on the same wavelength as the FPD in Germany), and from the corporate sector in Britain. It's genuinely difficult for me to even imagine a socialist case for trying to reverse Brexit.
..this is not how i see it. a large portion of the labour party rank and file have been pushing it. the first suggestion of a vote came from progressive folks re may's brexit. inspite of the anticorbyns trying to use it to fuck with corbyn you can't say this isn't what the population wants looking at the polls.
..and there is a socialist/militant perspective that has the joining up with others in the eu to press for change a different europe. that is thought to be a better way to move forward than from a disconnected uk. look at what happened to greece or even more recently venezuela. how easily it was for capital to isolate these countries and do real damage at a sustained level. the uk politicians are not prepared for brexit nor is the population. not today maybe in the future. which is why the right introduced brexit in the first place.
..a couple months ago the tories began working on changing how people voted. like in the us they are looking at the need for an id card for starters. there need to be an understanding of what this all means. thus my asking for proof by those who want brexit that the uk isn't just jumping into a pot of boiling water.
eta..in any case ken it is up to those in the uk. and it looks to me like one of those rare moments in time where there seems to be a participitory thing going on. everyone gets a voice.
Agreed that it's up to them. And I always learn from your posts, so thank you for continuing to teach.