What is driving Europe (including the UK) to the left (or to the populist right) is the same thing that produced the Trump Presidency (or might have made Bernie the President). Those who have not gained from neoliberalism, and some who object to its injustice and distortion of society, are rejecting it. In countries where its prescribed treatment, austerity, have made living conditions ever worse, the movement is even more obvious. The Brexit referendum gave British voters their first chance to reject neoliberalism and its works - it was really a referendum on the Government and its chosen economic ideology. In this election Mr Corbyn stood for an alternative and, when he finally got some exposure in the media, however biased, this expression of hope for reform galvanised his support, especially amongst the young. The British media, especially the grovelling BBC, still won't grasp this. They are still talking personalities and trying to divert attention in any other direction. Like the bliarites who opposed Mr Corbyn so viciously, they think there is no alternative to free market capitalism and they refuse to see one. The electorate knows better.
What is driving Europe (including the UK) to the left (or to the populist right) is the same thing that produced the Trump Presidency (or might have made Bernie the President). Those who have not gained from neoliberalism, and some who object to its injustice and distortion of society, are rejecting it. In countries where its prescribed treatment, austerity, have made living conditions ever worse, the movement is even more obvious. The Brexit referendum gave British voters their first chance to reject neoliberalism and its works - it was really a referendum on the Government and its chosen economic ideology. In this election Mr Corbyn stood for an alternative and, when he finally got some exposure in the media, however biased, this expression of hope for reform galvanised his support, especially amongst the young. The British media, especially the grovelling BBC, still won't grasp this. They are still talking personalities and trying to divert attention in any other direction. Like the bliarites who opposed Mr Corbyn so viciously, they think there is no alternative to free market capitalism and they refuse to see one. The electorate knows better.