Wednesday 21 May 2014

The Unpopulist George Osborne

UKIP's media outriders on things like Breitbart London and The Commentator, as well as Tim Congdon, might be decidedly surprised to hear that that party was in favour of economic patriotism, and of the exercise of parliamentary sovereignty over the economy.

But perhaps it is. That would account for its foreign policy stances, which again are a long way from Breitbart London or The Commentator, although they are shared by several writers on the Mail newspapers, as well as by, especially, Peter Oborne in the Daily Telegraph, and by Matthew Parris behind enemy lines in The Times.

Certainly, Labour is once again in favour of economic patriotism, and of the exercise of parliamentary sovereignty over the economy. Certainly, Labour's foreign policy stances reflect that.

So yes, George Osborne and his ilk are caught between the twin forces of that thinking. UKIP, as such, is not really one of those forces, although it will and does benefit from one of them. Labour, as such, is the other one.

The 30-year imposed consensus in favour of anti-democratic and anti-parliamentary globalisation, and thus of its wars, is indeed at an end. Thank goodness for that.

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