Back in 2017 I wrote an article about Brexit, “Revenge of the Great Ignored”. In it I suggested that the margin that finally tipped the balance to leave had very little, perhaps nothing, to do with leaving the EU and everything to do with a cry of frustrated rage from those unable to find a voice both in government and its institutions. They saw them as people who not only ignored their concerns, but held them in contempt.
There is a belief amongst the liberal bien pensant that they alone know what is best for society. This has led to a determination to denigrate traditional social mores that do not align with their views. Or preferably discard the old certainties altogether.
The Brexit referendum gave those ignored by the major parties a perfect opportunity to make their presence known. This time their vote would not be lost in the fog of multi-party elections, it was binary. IN or OUT. And the more those who despised them campaigned for “IN” with wagging finger and dire warnings of the consequences, the more those awful Untermensch swung to “OUT” – and so gave their oppressors a bloody nose.
You can read the piece HERE. It predicts the abandonment of traditional party loyalties, whose effects we see today. I hope you’ll find it worth a few minutes of your time.
Although I voted to remain, I must admit to a feeling a certain schadenfreude as the fury of the defeated rose to a crescendo. Why? Because they brought it on themselves. Indeed I’m not certain that there was ever a majority in favour of Brexit. I still suspect that a significant number saw the remain cause promoted by the very people who despised them, and they seized their chance.
Years later the remain camp cannot accept that they were largely the authors of their own misfortune. Even now they make no effort to understand why those who tipped the balance voted the way they did, nor will they try to build any bridges. Their language remains couched in insult and contempt, condemning patriotism, love of place and tradition as the creed of racist, thick gammons. What better way of convincing those accidental Brexiteers that they voted the right way?
And here we are – it’s déja vu all over again – with knobs on.
Reform, the child born of UKIP, rides high on a surge of discontent. Its support is no longer drawn from “fruitcakes” and those on the margins of society. Back at the time of Brexit the influx of cheap labour from eastern Europe motivated at least some of the discontent. Now the diaspora from North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan has finally shattered the cultural cohesion enjoyed by the post war generations from the 50s to the 90s.
We see monocultural, even monoglot, ghettos isolated from mainstream norms – as the NHS & Court language translation costs show. The news shows daily arrivals of hundreds of undocumented and unwanted migrants, seemingly prioritised for support and access to services. Add the scandal of so-called “grooming gangs” who seemingly went unchallenged by race-sensitive authorities for years, and we have a recipe for yet more discontent.
Continuing to ignore feelings of despair and resentment in pursuit of an unattainable multicultural utopia only makes things worse. Keeping a lid on bubbling anger inevitably results in sudden outbursts – as the Southport debacle shows. The reaction of the our great and good?
Just awful – those appalling Untermensch really should shut up and suck it up.
Except that once again, they have delivered another punch on the nose.
I realise that many of Doodlecat’s followers will be appalled at today’s results. But before expressing your feelings – and if you really wish to stem the Reform tide, perhaps a visit to the library would be a good idea.
Interesting times await us.
Absolutely spot on. A month ago we were out for dinner. One of our dinner companions was happy to assume all her fellow dinner guests were appalled by Brexit, and went on to describe Reform voters as “morons”. I pointed out some of the things you have written about here. She was completely taken aback that she should be challenged at such a pleasant evening. I was simply fed up with people like her thinking all ‘decent’ people believed this stuff.
There is a massive amount of arrogance amongst some liberals (lower case l), primarily middle class, who don’t understand how ignored tens of millions in this country feel. The assumption by the ‘superior classes’ that we all share their views, and that those who don’t are scum, is fascinating. I’m not a Reform voter by the way. I’m a non-of-the-above man these days.
Pretty much.
The faux left liberals live generally live in a blinkered protected enclave, isolated from reality, and as they they are 100% sure that only they are right, it’s always someone else’s fault, and those ignorant people are thick.