Rebirth of England.

Chapter 834: Complex Situation

Barron once reviewed his memories of his past life and considered why Britain's Brexit referendum was ultimately successful.

It can be said that there are many reasons. It started as a trickle, soon became a continuous stream, and finally ended in a flood. Before that, Cameron actually wanted to stay in the EU, but he just wanted to use the "Brexit referendum" as a tool to win votes in 2013...

According to his thinking at the time, he could use it to gain public support after his successful election - the British people at that time were full of disgust with the EU's immigration policy and refugee sharing policy - and to resolve the pressure from domestic Eurosceptic factions...

In addition, Cameron also hopes to use Brexit as a tool to reach a new "Remain in the EU" agreement with the EU.

Unexpectedly, the Cameron government eventually lost control of the matter, the "Brexit" camp overwhelmed the "Remain" camp, and inadvertently backfired.

This was definitely not the result that Cameron's government had hoped for - he had hoped that the Brexit referendum would prolong his political life, but it ended up ruining his political life. After the UK's successful Brexit vote, Cameron resigned as prime minister.

One of the main reasons why this Brexit vote was successful was that the camp advocating Britain to remain in the EU kept warning that Brexit would have a negative impact on the economy, but it had the opposite effect.

Experts including the International Monetary Fund, the Confederation of British Industry, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development all spoke out, warning of the impact of Brexit on economic growth, rising unemployment, a fall in the pound, and other consequences...

But many British people feel that they have not gained any economic benefits from Britain's 50 years of EU membership...

And in response to the warnings issued by so many institutions, politicians and elites about the consequences of Brexit, the public, who are accustomed to believing in conspiracy theories, instead think that these classes have interests in "staying in the EU" and that is why they made such statements...

In fact, even though there are too many reasons that led to the success of the UK's Brexit referendum, it is undeniable that an important reason is that Britain had joined the EU for nearly half a century before that.

Holding a Brexit referendum at this time will make it easier for the public to be persuaded by the Brexit camp - the Brexit camp can paint a lot of pie for the public, even if some of them may not be implemented, but they are very tempting, such as -

At that time, a very tempting propaganda for the Brexit camp was that "leaving the EU will free up an extra 3.5 million pounds per week for the UK's national health care system"!
The reason for this argument is that if all the money that the UK needs to pay to the EU is used for the national health care system, it will get additional funds...

Admittedly, the statement is the kind of political slogan that campaigns dream of: punchy, easily digestible, and appealing to voters of all ages and political persuasions.

It is no surprise, then, that the Brexit campaign chose to emblazon this slogan on the sides of its buses for street campaigning.

But in fact, this claim does not stand up to scrutiny.

The figure was calculated using the total number of objections raised by the Treasury select committee - a figure the BSE said was potentially misleading.

But unfortunately, this has not weakened the influence of this statement, because people like this tempting argument, but few people think deeply about its authenticity.

Polls show that this argument has won over some people, with £3.5 million being the single most impressive number in the campaign - many people believe that the money Britain pays to the EU as a member of the EU should be spent on Britain.

Therefore, in essence, since the vast majority of British people have been living as a member of the European Union, the benefits of Britain's existence in the EU - such as providing a broader market for British companies, being able to more easily attract European talent, etc., are not intuitive, and cannot be impressed by specific figures like 3.5 million pounds - so these have been taken for granted...

Instead, they only saw that because it is a member of the EU, Britain needs to pay benefits to the EU, including the need to accept many immigrants, etc. These are considered to be things that harm the interests of all British people. Therefore, in the final analysis, such a national decision on whether to leave the EU should not be made by ordinary people who are easily influenced by propaganda, but by think tank elites...

Just like if you use all your money to buy a company's stock, would you like the company's major decisions to be decided by a vote of all employees or by management with rich management experience?

It can be said that the West, including European countries, has been overly pursuing the so-called "democratic system" with the participation of ordinary people. Coupled with the complex political ecology in Britain, it ultimately led to the realization of the Brexit referendum, which has also made the whole of Britain pay a heavy price.

In Barron's opinion, instead of striving for a victory for the "Remainers" in the Brexit referendum, a better option is to avoid the "Brexit referendum" from happening directly!

This requires him to continue to increase his control within the Conservative and Labour parties to prevent Cameron from taking risks for votes in the end.

In fact, not only the Brexit referendum, but also the Scottish independence referendum, are the result of these politicians making risky promises in order to gain the support of relevant votes.

Sometimes, even though they know that Britain's national strength is continuing to decline, their politicians still continue to commit suicide, which is indeed a very helpless thing.

But what can he do? For his own benefit, Barron can only try his best to maintain the dignity of Britain.

When these things could no longer be maintained, he could only choose to place his industry in a safer place with more development potential...

This was naturally a result he didn't want to see.

In the final analysis, although he currently has an influence on many British politicians that cannot be ignored.

But these people will value his opinions, but it is impossible for them to really obey him completely.

The relationship between them is more of a cooperative one. Each of them has its own interests, which are often not consistent with each other.

It's like he can advise people like Cameron and Johnson to implement some policies, but if it really concerns their political lives or even more important interests, then conflicts will arise, and it may be impossible to maintain this "harmonious" relationship.

Relatively speaking, Cameron is a relatively rational politician, while Johnson is more difficult to control.

However, at this time within the Conservative Party, Johnson's relationship with Cameron is still in the "honeymoon" period, and he is also Cameron's most important supporter and ally.

Therefore, in order to prevent Johnson from eventually losing control of Brexit, he still needs long-term planning and strategies.

These politicians are very sensitive to many situations, and Barron can certainly support others, such as cultivating Joe Harriman to gain more status and power.

But if Johnson realizes this trend, he will probably soon form a "centrifugal force" and his relationship with Barron will become delicate.

(End of this chapter)