When it comes to the prospects for another Brexit-style populist revolt, the conditions couldn’t be more favourable. The country’s political class has failed on all fronts. Almost two decades of ravaging decline has reduced the sixth largest global powerhouse to a “Frankenstein economy”, pock-marked with third-world characteristics: the average Brit’s salary after tax is closer to that of a Puerto Rican than a Swiss citizen. Britain’s macro-plan for surviving in a globalised world – to offset the collapse of manufacturing with cheap-wage service industries reliant on imported labour – has utterly backfired, as voters protest against the resulting, unprecedented migration flows.
Neither major party has a viable plan for deterring illegal migrants from crossing the Channel. Law and order has all but disintegrated, as knife attacks surge and life-scarring crimes like burglary become virtually uninvestigated offenses. This is not to mention the fact that the NHS is approaching a tipping point, whereby it will soon be both…
