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sharedvalues

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18. "Brexit Party" beat the Tories in recent Euro elections
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 08:25 AM
Aug 2019

The Brexit/Tory split is already well along.
Johnson should know this.

What I don’t understand: what do Johnson and Rees-Mogg and Murdoch and the Barclays get out of Brexit??

In the US it’s clear to me what Trump and the Koches and Adelson and Murdoch get out of Republican plutocracy: tax cuts and deregulation. And the immigration stuff is just a way to get votes for that agenda.

But how does Brexit itself help UK Tory billionaires? Or is it just a way to get votes for reactionary oligarchs? (If so, then you’d think it doesn’t actually need to happen, just always be on the horizon.)

every time I see your Brexit GIF, it is how I feel Celerity Aug 2019 #1
Soz...But... Soph0571 Aug 2019 #12
+10000 Celerity Aug 2019 #14
What's going on the UK right now is one of the most important Mike 03 Aug 2019 #2
Lol ! If he does that and they stand as independent conservatives, OnDoutside Aug 2019 #3
Either way the Tory & Unionist party splits, by the looks of it. Ghost Dog Aug 2019 #4
Yes there's going to be a realignment in UK politics, just like the GOP in the US. OnDoutside Aug 2019 #6
"Brexit Party" beat the Tories in recent Euro elections sharedvalues Aug 2019 #18
Good question. It's not as obvious for the Brits. paleotn Aug 2019 #20
It's more involved than a simple split. Denzil_DC Aug 2019 #21
Yes UK-US oligarch class a much bigger problem than Putin sharedvalues Aug 2019 #24
Money. Many are betting the collapse of the Pound if they go out on a no deal. OnDoutside Aug 2019 #22
JHC! UK, it is time to stand up to this abolishment of any sense of democracy. hlthe2b Aug 2019 #5
Former PM, John Major True Blue American Aug 2019 #7
Former UK PM John Major joins legal action to block Boris Johnson suspending parliament CottonBear Aug 2019 #8
Thanks, I see my Y!:) True Blue American Aug 2019 #9
They'll have to pursue all strategies simultaneously in order to defeat Boris. CottonBear Aug 2019 #10
From those I post with True Blue American Aug 2019 #11
I'm a US citizen with British friends and relatives. CottonBear Aug 2019 #15
"Go ahead, try and stop us." Grokenstein Aug 2019 #13
Boris is gonna find himself locked in the Tower... Gumboot Aug 2019 #16
Sign at the Stop The Coup rally Mike 03 Aug 2019 #17
Heh. This one says it all.. Soph0571 Aug 2019 #19
Sheer madness. LeftishBrit Aug 2019 #23
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