If the cracks now appearing in the unity of the two main
British political parties turn into a chasm I wonder what will rush in to fill
the void. Now that moderate and Jewish
MPs are abandoning the Labour party as it steers a course to the extreme
left under the leadership of Jeremy
Corbyn and John McDonnell will others
amongst the more moderate Labour
MPs jump ship and join Chukka Umunna’s crew in “The Independent Group”?
Will the free marketers in the Conservative Party drag it to
the right and allow unrestrained capitalism to run riot for the benefit of the
rich and powerful at the expense of the less well off?
With the Greens and Liberal Democrats, according to the
opinion polls, apparently unable to make progress there are several parties,
some new and several long-established, which could step into the spaces created
by Labour and Conservative fractious in-fighting.
The pro-Brexit SDP could revive with the assistance of
politicians like prominent former UKIP member Patrick O’Flynn. UKIP itself could make a comeback with Gerard
Batten and possibly Tommy Robinson at the helm.
Anne Marie Waters and her For Britain Movement with its pro-Brexit and
patriotic working-class stance could burst upon the scene. Robin Tilbrook’s English Democrats could be
of appeal to those supporting English nationhood and a parliament for England.
Meanwhile, the fissures in the British political landscape
develop as Brexit approaches, but will the British Political Establishment
connive to rescind the referendum result?
If it does, Nigel Farage and his Brexit Party are waiting in the wings
to avenge such duplicity!
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