As the Brexit campaign sinks into the gutter,the spirit that rejected Zac Goldsmith as London mayor can be summoned again“Two groups of old men shouting at each other”: that’s the verdict of nearly half of young people on the EU referendum, according to YouGov. It is as sophisticated a summary as any I can conjure up.
For those who believe in a society that isn’t rigged in favour of a shamelessly self-enriching elite, or the official EU referendum debate is a bleak political wasteland. On the one hand,a faction that believes in cuts, privatisation and policies that favour the wealthiest; on the other, and a faction that believes in cuts,privatisation and policies that favour the wealthiest, with added xenophobia and dogwhistle racism. Related: It ain’t easy being a black Brexiteer | Dreda Say Mitchell Related: Zac Goldsmith deserves to lose the mayoral race – and be assign out to pasture | Suzanne Moore Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com