Thomas Engstrom: Brexit is swallowing up all the oxygen in British politics

One factor in what already feels like the longest election campaign in history is how the Liberal Democrats fared last time. In the 2019 election, party leader Jo Swinson walked out of Parliament after campaigning for a new referendum to withdraw England’s withdrawal notification. A few weeks ago he had said that he could become the next Prime Minister of the country. The party ended up getting 11 mandates out of 650.

This is a disaster Even today it can be seen in the representatives of the party. Of course, they are the ones you can find in a country that is still very friendly to the EU. . They were right in 2019, the conclusion seems, but it would be wrong to say so. Also, it annoys them that public opinion also catches up with them. If only he had kept his mouth shut for a few more years!

However, there is not much in the world about what liberal democrats do. They’re a small party severely handicapped by the system of single-member constituencies – they can get 20 per cent of the vote and still hold no more than a dozen seats in the House of Commons – and Labor will need it. They should be merged into an alliance after the elections are over.

Low, but hardly non-existent. Especially considering the gentle progress of Labor leader Keir Starmer. Because while the Liberal Democrats seem soft, Labor seems almost paralyzed.

Starmer can’t even admit that Brexit is behind the disastrous, and unique, low growth in the UK since 2016. It is painfully clear that Starmer does not want Brexit to be discussed. The referendum must be respected, the only thing that matters now is “getting Brexit done”.

The only problem is, he’ll learn the hard way that it won’t work. A future Labor government risks spending two futile terms trying to salvage what can be salvaged from a disaster. After that voters will lose patience.

Brexit sucks all the oxygen out of British politics because it doesn’t add to the equation. You can’t live next door to the world’s strongest business community without affecting your existence. The irony of this is that the British had some opportunity to protect themselves from new European innovations as long as they were members – but now?

Talking about Starmer That there should be a renegotiated agreement. It cannot be ruled out that his new government will initially meet with some warmth in Brussels because it is something different from the hopeless Tories from 2010. But sooner or later during the renegotiations the EU will find Starmer suffering from the same delusions as his predecessor.

Even Starmer, if he is to be taken at his word, believes there is a solution where the UK stays outside the EU and still gets the same benefits as a member. So it will be the same soup and the same nasty long boil as it was during the Theresa May and Boris Johnson years.

The difference is that this turnaround will be limited to the EU reaching a solution. Every month, the British suffer more from Brexit than the EU; Every week Britain acts as a deterrent example to other member states of the Union.

So the long sentence continues. It won’t end until a new generation of leaders in London do what everyone throughout history has done: send out the membership application with a dressed-up smile.