As the Conservative Party clings to power, its Brexit revolution has devoured its children ✍️ ianbirrell for ipaperviews
The ruling party’s Eurosceptics ejected their internal enemies, only to expose their own shallowness when rhetoric crashed into reality‘Now our nation must suffer the consequences of a minor-key rebellion that descended into extremism, factional feuding and a flailing government,’ writes Ian Birrell . So perhaps they should have looked a little closer at Leon Trotsky and learned from his fate when an ice axe was buried in his skull.
The French Revolution, which saw even leaders such as Danton and Robespierre lose their heads on the guillotine, underscored this concept that was first coined by a moderate journalist who despaired of the populist circus and extremism that he witnessed in Paris. We have seen its truth play out repeatedly since the 18th century after idealism and the intoxicating excitement of insurgency degenerate into pain and panic.
Brexit may have been peaceful but it was a rebellion against the established order in London, led by a bunch of charlatans who exploited fear over change and some justified grievances in struggling communities for their own selfish purposes.
Little wonder polls show support for Brexit at a record low, with one in five of those who voted in favour now saying they made a mistake. Yet the merest hint last week of a closer relationship with Brussels to smooth over bumps in the flawed deal agreed by Boris Johnson sparked outrage among the fanatics that seized the Conservative Party, along with their self-aggrandising ally
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