David Cameron announces his resignation after the shock Brexit vote. Paimages/Daniel Leal-Olivas. All rights reserved.On Thursday 23 June 2016 the Far Right achieved its most important victory in British electoral history. Its referendum campaign rode to victory on one issue, immigration.
The perception that “others” seize “British jobs”, drive down wages, and overburden public services dominated the campaign debate and overwhelmed all else. This was the revenge of the globalization losers and the marginalized, with their oppressors leading the charge.
Every prominent progressive supported EU membership, politicians, trade union leaders and media figures. Jeremy Corbyn (the first truly progressive leader of the Labour Party in decades) and his entire shadow cabinet defended continued EU membership. Every major trade union leader called for Remain, including the most progressive ones.
