Brexit Schmexit

The "Today" program on Radio 4 is getting ridiculous. John Humphrys has been castigated for saying the Irish Republic should join the UK. This firecracker was probably intended to liven up an interminable debate. I don't believe it would be a good idea. I would wager good money that John Humphrys doesn't either.

The BBC continues to push ad nauseam the story of the shortages of food and medicines which will 'inevitably' follow Brexit. There are only two problems with this crystal-ball gazing: a) nothing is inevitable except death and taxes b) the only shortages will be a result of gross incompetence on the part of the Tory government.

Posh Dave called a referendum with the intention of outfoxing his Eurosceptic opponents in the Tory Party. Instead the result was that Posh Dave had to resign and Theresa May took over.

Before anyone applauds, it is worth remembering May has been the worst Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher. She has pandered to the worst racist elements by her "hostile environment" policy towards migrants. And for any Tory the main enemy is their own poor. Universal Credit has been a universal disaster driving down living standards and making more business for the ubiquitous food banks which are an index of the Tories success in waging war against those least able to defend themselves.

Most recently May has supported the US attempts to unseat the government of Venezuela. US-backed regimes do not have a particularly good track record.

As the CWI has pointed out (http://www.socialistworld.net/index.php/international/americas/venezuela/10089-venezuela-for-mass-mobilization-of-workers-to-build-real-socialism-and-put-an-end-to-corrupt-bureaucracy)



"Latin American governments that stand out for their reactionary and antisocial policies and their servility to Washington enthusiastically support the coup while cynically claiming to stand “for democracy.”

"You only have to see who leads this ‘Holy Alliance’ to understand what is at stake: the Colombian president Duque (linked to Urribe narcoparamilitarismo), the Ecuadorian President Moreno (The Judas of the Ecuadorian left) President Macri (responsible for the brutal cuts that have provoked the Argentine people to rise up on their feet and fight) or the Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández (organizer of an electoral fraud with the support of the White House last year and responsible for the repression and murder of dozens of protesters).

"As is to be expected applauding enthusiastically from the other side of the Atlantic are the European right and far right in Spain with Pablo Casado from the PP, Albert Rivera (Cuidadanos) and the fascistic elements of Vox in the front.line."

Nice friends Theresa May has.

If Brexit can remove this blot from the landscape it will be no bad thing. However, the Blairite policy of a second referendum is mainly motivated by the fact that a general election would expose the complete uselessness of 'bog-standard' Blairites like Alistair Campbell.

A general election would bring to the fore the issue of austerity. A victory for "Remain" in a referendum would be a green light for the EU policy of austerity which was imposed on Greece. And a victory for "Leave" would be a green light for more of the same from the British Tories who never needed any encouragement to attack the living standards of the working class.

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