At some point, actually on May 30th, I’d seen enough of the arguments in the campaign leading up to the United Kingdom referendum on remaining in or leaving the European Union, often labeled “Brexit,” to conclude that this was largely a race between neoliberals against authoritarian populists and paleoconservatives. Which is to say, it’s not the sort of race I like to take sides in.[1] I am radical, not conservative, these are conservative arguments, and as I wrote at the time, Read more
- [1]David Benfell, “How can David Cameron possibly hope to win on ‘Brexit’ when his government is on the precipice?” Daily Bullshit, May 30, 2016, https://parts-unknown.org/reading/2016/05/30/how-can-david-cameron-possibly-hope-to-win-on-brexit-when-his-government-is-on-the-precipice-daily-bullshit-may-30-2016/↩