Category: #Brexit

Brexit, Continued

#Brexit 7 Comments

Joe Oliver;

The reaction to Bexit by some commentators, including several in Canada, has been near apocalyptic. Shock, anger and bitterness were accompanied by accusations of racism, atavistic parochialism and isolationism. The vote was greeted with withering contempt for the country’s supposedly crypto-fascist leadership and Little Englanders who were either ignorant or bigoted, or likely both.
That reaction is not respectful of a decision freely rendered by a sovereign people. To the contrary, some empathy should be extended to a country that has a deep democratic tradition and a long history of usually getting things right. Further, we need to understand the underlying reasons when the popular will goes against prevailing opinion of the political, financial and intellectual establishment.

The Left’s Uncomfortable Relationship with Democracy

#Brexit Baiting The Left 42 Comments

A few days ago I had dinner with some German ex-pats in Silicon Valley. The topic of Brexit arose and one woman was adamant that this vote wasn’t right. A fellow chimed in that there’s now a petition to have another vote to overturn the first one.
Elections have consequences. So do referendums. It seems that whenever Left-of-Centre folks (Democrats, Liberals, ‘Remain’ supporters) don’t get their way then they immediately throw out multiple disparagement cards about those who voted differently than them: Racists, Sexists, Idiots, Ignoramuses, etc. One wonders if they have any sense of self-awareness to realize how similar they sound to spoiled children.
Rex Murphy recently shared his thoughts on the subject:

Here, Tell These People Something They Don’t Know About Me

#Brexit 8 Mile Rule 17 Comments

There’s a growing sense, not only in Great Britain, but in the US as well, that the elites, or the political class, or whatever you’d like to call them, are incompetent and have been leading us astray. And the response from elites is to call those criticisms illegitimate. Those doing the carping are assumed to be racists or nationalists, both of which, of course, are unpleasant, dirty types of people. Both the UK’s Leavers and the US’s Trumpers share some commonalities. Among them are skepticism over free trade and free immigration; concerns that elites dismiss as foolish and uneducated. And, of course racist.

It’s not working nearly as well as it used to.
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