10 years after Brexit, Starmer’s resignation highlights Britain’s deeper issues
Academics have long since tracked the correlation between economic downturns and antipathy toward immigration. And so it was throughout Europe, with a surge in support for far-right parties that continues today. In…
Academics have long since tracked the correlation between economic downturns and antipathy toward immigration. And so it was throughout Europe, with a surge in support for far-right parties that continues today. In Britain, that manifested itself in the 2016 Brexit referendum, in which a majority of voting British people chose to decouple themselves from the E.U. Trump ally Nigel Farage, now leader of Reform UK, promised them greater control of their borders, and legal and economic freedom from the trading bloc. In fact, by 2025 Brexit meant the economy was 6%-8% smaller than it would have been otherwise, according to…
