In the aftermath of the historic British vote to leave the EU, openDemocracy is asking for our readers' thoughts on Brexit and what needs to happen next in 350 words. We've had an extraordinary response and you can read them all here.
Brexit has never been the epic struggle between the Little Man and his corporate and political overlords in Brussels or London. Rather, it is a storm-in-a-teacup skirmish between two neoliberal elites, each with its own social project.
One of these is a long-term enterprise, knowing in a nineteenth century patrician way that its success will erode if it does not keep up a modicum of social security and stability - that bare minimum EU membership guarantees British citizens. In pretending to speak for the embattled middle classes, it gambled high and lost.
