Neil Clark writes:
The first Peasants' Revolt in Britain occurred 1381. The second took
place on Thursday 23rd June 2016.
On
the Remain side in the EU Referendum campaign stood the giants of US finance capital —
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan were among those who funded
the campaign — and NATO, the IMF, The Times newspaper, The Economist, 1280
"business leaders" of multinational corporations and almost the
entire British Establishment.
The US
President warned Britain of the consequences of Brexit (go to the
"back of the queue!"), as did billionaire financial
speculator George Soros and
the billionaire investment banker Lord Jacob Rothschild.
The multimillionaire children's author JK Rowling, changed her Twitter
name to JK RowlIN to encourage a Remain vote, while the billionaire
businessman Sir Richard Branson took out a whole page of newspaper
advertising on Tuesday (June 21) to warn us not to vote
for Brexit.
"Although I've been living in the British Virgin Islands
for some time now, I have never stopped caring passionately about the
UK and its great people. I truly believe that leaving the EU would be
devastating for the long-term future of Great Britain and the future
of Europe," said the Virgin supremo.
Meanwhile, the pro-Remain multimillionaire rock star Sir Bob Geldof did
his bit by sticking two fingers up at Brexit-supporting fishermen
on the River Thames.
The Establishment operated
"Project Fear" for most
of the campaign and attempted to frighten the
"peasants" — because peasants is how they regard
us — with tales of austerity budgets and swingeing cuts
to pensions and services if they dared to disobey their masters and
vote Leave.
We were even told we had to stay in the EU
to keep us safe from terrorism (did I imagine the Brussels and Paris
bombings?), and from the Russian
"threat."
After the tragic murder
of pro-Remain MP Jo Cox on June 16, Project Fear became combined with
"Project Grief."
Despite a call from Cox's friend Rachel Reeves,
for the killing not to be linked to the referendum campaign,
some EU supporters did just that.
In a
leaked recording featuring Will Straw, executive director of the Britain
Stronger in Europe campaign, and son of a former Foreign Secretary,
Straw is heard to say:
"We need to recognize that people have
been pulled up short by Jo Cox's death and it is now time
to make a very positive case for why we want to be in the
European Union… to call out the other side for what they have
done to stir division and resentment in the UK. That is something we
must all do…"
David Cameron was also accused of trying
to exploit Cox's death.
As referendum day dawned, the Remain side must have
felt very confident that their tactics had worked. Late opinion polls
showed Remain back in the lead.
It seemed that Labour voters,
horrified by the murder of Jo Cox, were going to do what was
expected of them.
At 10.00 clock on Thursday (June 23) night, when
the polling booths closed, the bookmakers odds of a Brexit had drifted
to 9-1, from 9-2 earlier in the day.
The pound surged. In the
City, champagne corks were popping. Remainers got ready to party.
And then the peasants spoke.
The
people who had been talked at and patronized for years,
but never listened to, started to make one hell of a noise.
The first result that told us
that the Establishment might be in for the shock of its life was
Sunderland, when Leave won by a much wider margin (61-39)
than predicted.
UKIP MEP, Diane James, said there had been much anger
after management at the local Japanese owned Nissan car plant had
written to workers expressing the company's preference for a Remain
vote — after being "effectively asked" to do so
by the Prime Minister David Cameron.
Then the Newcastle result came in. Remain had expected to win this
quite comfortably but only scraped to a very narrow win by just
1%.
By now the bookies odds on a Brexit had come in to 4-1,
but Remain were still the odds-on favorites.
As district
after district flashed up as a Leave win, with a turnout higher
than at last year's general election, it was clear that we were
witnessing something quite extraordinary.
The Establishment, who would have
been so confident of success earlier in the evening, were being given
a big thumbs down from the "peasants" in the North, the
south-east, the east, the south-west, the Midlands and Wales.
The hostility
towards direct democracy from some liberal-left "democrats"
came out into the open.
Tony Blair's former spin doctor and Remain supporter Alistair Campbell
was called "arrogant" after he declared:
"I have always thought it was a
bad idea to have it (this referendum). I want politicians to be
elected and lead."
Meanwhile, the BBC gave airing to the view that
Brexiters were less educated than Remainers.
Of course, the
"peasants" could only have voted the way they did because they aren't
as bright as us — and/or because they're
"racists'/'xenophobes."
There can be no other explanation.
Watching the Establishment trying
to come to terms with their defeat has been highly revealing.
And also highly comical.
"I don't think I've ever
wanted magic more," bemoaned the multi-millionaire JK Rowling (or is
it RowlIN?).
Billionaire businessman Lord Sugar said he had "no
words".
His Lordship may be speechless, but the "peasants" have
found their voice.
They've not only brought about Britain's exit from the EU, but the resignation of the hard-right neocon David Cameron as Prime Minister.
Chancellor George "Slasher" Osborne, who threatened the peasants with a new austerity budget if they dared to vote the wrong way, will surely be on his bike soon too.
The rebels may also have helped to bring about an early general election. Not bad for a day's work was it?
They've not only brought about Britain's exit from the EU, but the resignation of the hard-right neocon David Cameron as Prime Minister.
Chancellor George "Slasher" Osborne, who threatened the peasants with a new austerity budget if they dared to vote the wrong way, will surely be on his bike soon too.
The rebels may also have helped to bring about an early general election. Not bad for a day's work was it?
While faux-left hipsters, who only pretend to want radical
change are in shock that the "peasants" ignored their advice
to vote for the Establishment-friendly status quo, the genuine left,
who know that things needed a real shake-up, are ecstatic.
George Galloway, a politician who by backing Brexit
showed once again he is much more in tune with majority public
opinion than his condescending and insufferably smug Establishment
detractors, tweeted: "First
they ignored us. Then they laughed at us. Then they attacked us. Then we won #Lexit #Brexit ".
Significantly, the areas of the country which
delivered the strongest support for Brexit were ones that have been
neglected by the elite for years.
Only one in the twelve areas
of the North East voted Remain — (and that was only by 1%).
The North East is the only region
of the country where house prices fell in the year to February.
People in the North East are also most likely to be diagnosed
with cancer.
The region also has the highest child poverty rate
in the UK.
According to a report from Barnardo's, some
neighborhoods in the North East have more than two-thirds
of children living in families on out of work benefits.
It is unlikely that many voters in the North East
would have been swayed by the billionaire financier Lord Jacob Rothschild
taking to the pages of The Times to urge a Remain vote.
Or
by the tweets of wealthy pro-Remain "celebrities" either.
It's not just in the North East where people are
experiencing real hardship.
All over the country, workers have seen their
real living standards fall as their wages are frozen or reduced — and
prices for utilities rise.
Well-heeled "inside the tent"
Establishment figures based in London know very little of life
in this other Britain.
For them and their equally well-heeled friends, the
EU and globalization in general is working just fine.
You would think, listening
to Establishment figures that a quite awful thing happened in Britain
last night.
"This is the worst day in the life
of postwar Britain," said New Labour guru Lord Mandelson and chair
of the international financial advisory firm Lazard International.
But in fact something quite wonderful has taken
place.
Nearly 17.5 million Britons defied the instructions of their
"superiors" and defiantly stuck two fingers up at the people who
John Rees has called "the power brokers of the world system."
Goldman Sachs donated millions to the Remain campaign and they lost. Ditto
JP Morgan.
This is not just about getting out of the European Union,
it's about ordinary people refusing to do what they were told
to do by those who up to now, have always got their own way.
After Thursday night, things will
never be the same again. Thank goodness for that.
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