United Kingdom:
Brexit is something Strauss and Howe predicted that during the Fourth Turning there would be a reaction against globalization and reassertion of nationalism. However, the United Kingdom is not the only country in the European Union a referendum was held. If I were to predict a country that could exit the European Union next, it would be Sweden. The Swedish Democrats a party which is in favour of such a referendum could become kingmakers after the general election very soon.
The Brexit referendum was deeply divisive for Britain, the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States would be a very apt example. Overall 52% of British voters chose to leave the EU, although there were Generational and regional differences. The Millennial peers voted strongly for remain, while older Generations voted strongly for leave. Also, Greater London, Scotland and Northern Ireland voted strongly for remain. While former industrial heartlands of Northern England and the Midlands voted strongly for leave.
There is also something that has happened in Britain which is their own version of the Bernie Sanders phenomenon. This was rise of what I consider a ‘socialist dinosaur’ Jeremy Corbyn (who is a member of Generation 68') to the leadership of the Labour Party and it almost winning the last British General election can be attributed to his activation of the sheer power of the Millennial vote.
Currently the governing Conservative Party are in a mess over the handling of Brexit. Jeremy Corbyn has reasonably good odds now to become the next Prime Minister of Britain. However, Theresa May could face a leadership challenge in the future. As I see two men are likely to replace her Boris Johnson (b.1960) and Jacob Rees Mogg (b.1968), if you ever read him up he is literally a middle age version of one of those nerds from ‘Revenge of the Nerds’.
Britain is not immune from the rising authoritarianism which has characterized the whole of Europe. Because of Islamist terrorist attacks which have occurred and fears of right-wing extremism, the United Kingdom government has introduced curbs on civil liberties which are seen as counter-terrorism measures. There are observations that have been made that Britain is becoming a police state. People in Britain and elsewhere in Western Europe have been predicting a civil war between the Muslim immigrant populations and the right-wing extremists.
Brexit is something Strauss and Howe predicted that during the Fourth Turning there would be a reaction against globalization and reassertion of nationalism. However, the United Kingdom is not the only country in the European Union a referendum was held. If I were to predict a country that could exit the European Union next, it would be Sweden. The Swedish Democrats a party which is in favour of such a referendum could become kingmakers after the general election very soon.
The Brexit referendum was deeply divisive for Britain, the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States would be a very apt example. Overall 52% of British voters chose to leave the EU, although there were Generational and regional differences. The Millennial peers voted strongly for remain, while older Generations voted strongly for leave. Also, Greater London, Scotland and Northern Ireland voted strongly for remain. While former industrial heartlands of Northern England and the Midlands voted strongly for leave.
There is also something that has happened in Britain which is their own version of the Bernie Sanders phenomenon. This was rise of what I consider a ‘socialist dinosaur’ Jeremy Corbyn (who is a member of Generation 68') to the leadership of the Labour Party and it almost winning the last British General election can be attributed to his activation of the sheer power of the Millennial vote.
Currently the governing Conservative Party are in a mess over the handling of Brexit. Jeremy Corbyn has reasonably good odds now to become the next Prime Minister of Britain. However, Theresa May could face a leadership challenge in the future. As I see two men are likely to replace her Boris Johnson (b.1960) and Jacob Rees Mogg (b.1968), if you ever read him up he is literally a middle age version of one of those nerds from ‘Revenge of the Nerds’.
Britain is not immune from the rising authoritarianism which has characterized the whole of Europe. Because of Islamist terrorist attacks which have occurred and fears of right-wing extremism, the United Kingdom government has introduced curbs on civil liberties which are seen as counter-terrorism measures. There are observations that have been made that Britain is becoming a police state. People in Britain and elsewhere in Western Europe have been predicting a civil war between the Muslim immigrant populations and the right-wing extremists.