Quote Originally Posted by Philippus Flavius Homovallumus View Post
I'm sorry, no. Brexit itself is a political inevitability - at some point the UK was going to leave the EU when certain members opted for a real political union. We could have left earlier to later, but it was going to happen. Brexit will (note I say will) damage the UK economy, how much remains to be seen. Brexit will also likely hasten the inevitable breakup of the United Kingdom which began a century ago with Southern Ireland.

None of these things represent an existential threat to our democracy. A Party which entrenches Antisemitism and conflates it with what has become known as "banker bashing" whilst lending tacit support to domestic and foreign terrorists with a leader who is convinced of his own moral goodness... That is a greater threat.

Coybyn reminds me of the Ayatollah of Iran when he lived in exile. Everyone said how piously, how simply, he lived and that therefore he would make a better ruler than the Shah. Likewise, Corbyn has one of the smallest expenses claims of any MP - yet he makes undeclared trips to countries ruled by dictators in order to meet with groups actively supporting terrorism.

The man said that "Zionists" "don't understand English irony" "despite probably having lived her all their lives" (emphasis added)! Before that he wrote a new forward to Imperialism: A Study in which he described the book as "basically right". Well, that book is quite literally part of the academic milieu used to justify the Holocaust.

So, you know what, he's a darn sight more dangerous than Boris - even if Boris has flirted with Bannonism (something he now vehemently denies).

My take on that, btw, is that Boris met Bannon as a political operator when Boris was sort of "in the wilderness" (i.e. not about to become PM) and this is now something he regrets. That speaks to Boris' poor judgement but not, I think, to his actual beliefs. Farage is a different matter, whilst I would describe his as "far right" he's about as close as you can get without actually tripping over into that definition.
I was taught at school that the expansion of democratic rights went hand in hand with the expansion of education, with the corollary that education was crucial in making democracy work. Politicians need to be assessed on what they say, and they need to held accountable for what they do. Reasoning and the examination of evidence and consistent arguments is necessary for democracy to work.

Now compare with what Brexiteers have been doing.