Britain
"It was conflict inside the Tory party that led to the current political paralysis, a fact that Johnson wants the public to forget.
In an insightful TV documentary made by the former Tory Minister Michael Portillo, party grandees explain that the Tory party is the oldest and most successful ruling party in the world. It ruled before the majority of British people had the right to vote, and it crystalized its power and philosophy in the period of an expanding British Empire.
However, as the Empire ended in the wake of two world wars, the British ruling class, its elite school networks, its aristocracy, its landowners, its bankers, and its large capitalist barons, could no longer rule in the old way. And during the same period popular reverence and respect for the elite faded away.
"It was conflict inside the Tory party that led to the current political paralysis, a fact that Johnson wants the public to forget.
In an insightful TV documentary made by the former Tory Minister Michael Portillo, party grandees explain that the Tory party is the oldest and most successful ruling party in the world. It ruled before the majority of British people had the right to vote, and it crystalized its power and philosophy in the period of an expanding British Empire.
However, as the Empire ended in the wake of two world wars, the British ruling class, its elite school networks, its aristocracy, its landowners, its bankers, and its large capitalist barons, could no longer rule in the old way. And during the same period popular reverence and respect for the elite faded away.
After WWII, British capitalism was forced to submit to the sway of American global power. Britain became the staunchest U.S. ally and pursued economic policies that came to be known as the Anglo-American variety of capitalism, in which "free markets" act as the guiding star.
Indeed, it was Britain that pushed the EU to adopt such a "neo-liberal" approach. Johnson hopes that a post Brexit Britain will find new trading partners, but this will no doubt focus on reviving influence over its former colonies.
Despite Johnson's talks about maintaining a strong and friendly relationship with the EU, in the event of a no-deal exit, the trajectory toward trade conflicts and political hostility with the group is almost inevitable."
—Heiko Khoo, 31 August 2019
Big changes are coming: the first time ever I see two British born girls as barristas at a Costa coffeeshop. "British jobs for British people"! "We'll take our country back and make her great."
Big changes are coming: the first time ever I see two British born girls as barristas at a Costa coffeeshop. "British jobs for British people"! "We'll take our country back and make her great."
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