Giuseppe Sandro Mela.
2016-06-27.
L’attuale storia contemporanea sarebbe molto più facilmente comprensibile se si fossero letti, meditati e compresi due testi fondamentali.
Oswald Spengler. Il tramonto dell’Occidente.
Pierre Gaxotte, La Rivoluzione francese.
Altrettanto utile per comprendere meglio il contingente sarebbe aver presente i concetti espressi nell’articolo
Massoneria e Poteri globali. Il dominio del mondo.
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Dopo il voto sul Brexit nulla sarà più come prima. Anche nel caso che una qualche Corte di Giustizia annullasse il risultato del referendum.
Degli inglesi si può dire tutto tranne che non siano corretti.
Mr. Cameron ha dato le dimissioni ed il Politburo laburista si appresta a silurare Mr. Corbyn.
Per contro, i veri perdenti, i capi di stato dell’Europa continentale e l’alta dirigenza dell’Unione Europea restano abbarbicati a ciò che rimane delle proprie poltrone.
Da un punto di vista utilitaristico, pragmatico, tutto ciò che sta accadendo è un bene.
Il Regno Unito ha bisogno di una nuova dirigenza per affrontare le nuove sfide e far tornare i sudditi di Sua Maestà Britannica all’onor del mondo.
L’Unione Europa ha invece un grande bisogno che questa dirigenza resti fino alle tornate elettorali: nessuno come questa sarebbe in grado di distruggere così radicalmente l’Unione ed i partiti di provenienza. Ci spiacerebbe se Mr. Corbyn dovesse lasciare prima di aver completamente distrutto il suo partito: aveva iniziato così bene!
Sia Spengler sia Gaxotte ripetono spesso che le rivoluzioni devono arrivare a lambire il fondo per esaurirsi.
Occorrerebbe, a nostro sommesso parere, dare tempo al tempo anche in questo caso.
→ Bbc. 2016-06-26. Brexit: ‘Half’ of Labour top team set to resign
Up to half of the shadow cabinet is set to resign in a bid to oust Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, it is understood.
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It follows shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn’s sacking after he told the leader he had “lost confidence” in him.
Hours later, shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander said she would resign.
Mr Corbyn faces a vote of no confidence over claims he was “lacklustre” during the EU referendum – but shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Mr Corbyn was “not going anywhere”.
Sources close to the Labour leader have said he would stand again in the event of any leadership election – and Mr McDonnell said he would chair his campaign again, as he ruled out ever standing for the leadership himself.
Meanwhile, a shadow cabinet member told the BBC: “I imagine that there’ll be a leadership election and Jeremy will win. But this is a total distraction.”
Iain Murray, shadow Scottish secretary and Labour’s only Scottish MP, and Lillian Greenwood, who holds the shadow transport brief, are also expected to resign from the Labour front bench later on Sunday, BBC political editor Laura Kuennssberg said.
On the sacking of Hilary Benn, a Labour source told the BBC Mr Corbyn had “lost confidence” in the shadow foreign secretary.
Newspaper reports suggested Mr Benn had been encouraging shadow ministers to resign if Mr Corbyn ignored a motion of no confidence.
Mr Benn said there was concern about Mr Corbyn’s “leadership and his ability to win an election”.
He said he had phoned the Labour leader to tell him “I had lost confidence in his ability to lead the party and he dismissed me”.
Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, Mr Benn said: “At this absolutely critical time for our country following the EU referendum result, the Labour Party needs strong and effective leadership to hold the government to account.
“We don’t currently have that and there is also no confidence we would be able to win a general election as long as Jeremy remains leader. And I felt it was important to say that.”
Asked if he thought Mr Corbyn should resign, he said he did but added “that is a matter for him”.
Mr Benn also ruled out standing for the Labour leadership.
The Labour Party campaigned for Remain during the referendum, which saw the UK voting to leave the EU by 52% to 48% on Thursday.
But Mr Corbyn – who has been a long-standing critic of the EU and who is regarded as the most Eurosceptic Labour leader in years – was criticised by some in his party for not making the case for the EU forcefully enough.
Hours after Mr Benn’s sacking, shadow health secretary Ms Alexander, who joined Mr Corbyn’s shadow cabinet last year, tweeted: “It is with a heavy heart that I have this morning resigned from the shadow cabinet.”
In a letter to the Labour leader, she wrote: “Our country needs an effective opposition which can hold the government to account.”
The letter continued: “As much as I respect you as a man of principle, I do not believe you have the capacity to shape the answers our country is demanding and I believe that if we are to form the next government, a change of leadership is essential.”
Speaking on Radio 5 Live’s Pienaar’s Politics, shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the party members were “sovereign” and determined who was leader.
“Jeremy is not going anywhere and will continue on,” he said.
Mr McDonnell said he was “disappointed” at the “divisions” within the parliamentary Labour Party and the shadow cabinet but insisted the party would “come together”.
“I don’t think people had an awful lot of sleep since Friday. I think if we all had a day off and a good night’s kip we’ll be alright,” he said.
Labour MPs Dame Margaret Hodge and Ann Coffey submitted a motion of no confidence against Mr Corbyn in a letter to the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) chairman John Cryer on Friday.
The motion has no formal constitutional force but calls for a discussion at the next meeting of Labour MPs on Monday. The chairman will decide whether it is debated. If accepted, a secret ballot could be held on Tuesday.
But shadow international development secretary Diane Abbott – who describes herself as a “party loyalist” – played down the prospect of a no confidence vote.
She said Mr Corbyn had been elected last September with a massive mandate, and that a relatively small group of MPs had decided to pick a fight with the membership.
“This vote of no confidence does not exist in the Labour Party rule book. It doesn’t. It has no meaning.
“If MPs want a new leader what they have to do is find a candidate and unite behind that candidate and have a formal leadership challenge,” she told BBC Radio 4’s Broadcasting House.
Other MPs have spoken out against Mr Corbyn’s input in Labour’s EU referendum campaign, with MP Stephen Kinnock saying it “was not Labour’s finest hour”. Meanwhile, former Labour cabinet member Ben Bradshaw said Labour faced being “wiped out” at the next general election under Mr Corbyn.
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Analysis
By Chris Mason, BBC political correspondent
We expect further shadow cabinet ministers to resign in the coming hours.
Why? In essence because they felt that Jeremy Corbyn was driving with the handbrake on during the EU referendum campaign, just wasn’t putting enough into it and also, and crucially, many Labour MPs think now, given that there is going to be a new prime minister soon, there is the real prospect of a general election sooner rather than later.
And they fear, in the words of one Labour MP yesterday, that if Jeremy Corbyn is leading the party at that general election that Labour will be wiped out.
But despite all this turbulence at Westminster that doesn’t guarantee, from the perspective of MPs, that they will succeed in getting rid of him.
That’s because – and this gulf within the Labour movement is still as wide now as it’s ever been – loads of party members and Labour supporters think Jeremy Corbyn is brilliant.
→ Bbc. 2016-06-26. New PM ‘should come from Leave camp’
The new prime minister should only come from the Leave camp, former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith has said.
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He told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show that it would be “very difficult” for a public who voted to leave the EU to have a leader who had opposed this.
Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Friday that he will step down by October.
He had urged the country to vote Remain, but was defeated by 52% to 48%.
“The government itself now had a view… which was to remain, and so now we need to change that position and actually deliver on this very clear mandate from the British people,” Mr Duncan Smith said.
He said he was “incredibly sad” Mr Cameron had chosen to go as he wanted him to “remain to help stabilise the situation and get us moving”.
‘Come together’
“He’s done a pretty good job throughout all the way, in some tough circumstances, particularly during the coalition,” Mr Duncan Smith said.
“But I do think it would be very, very difficult for the public who have voted for leaving the European Union to find that they then had a prime minister who actually was opposed to leaving the European Union.
“So I think it is quite clear that – at least the leadership end of it – but I would like all the others, Remain and us, to come together.”
Mr Duncan Smith also ruled himself out of the future Conservative leadership contest.
→ Bloomberg. 2016-06-26. British Politics in Turmoil as Benn Calls on Corbyn to Resign
– Decision comes after Corbyn fires foreign spokesman Benn
– Cameron allies try to stop Johnson after leading ‘Leave’ drive
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The turmoil engulfing British politics worsened as the country’s biggest parties descended into chaos after last week’s shocking European Union referendum result.
Senior Labour lawmaker Hilary Benn was fired after calling on Jeremy Corbyn to quit as party leader, triggering the resignation of seven other members of Corbyn’s team. In Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is ramping up plans for a possible second independence referendum, while floating the idea she could block a U.K. exit from the EU. And the campaign to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron is underway, with the Sunday Telegraph reporting his allies will try to stop Boris Johnson from getting the job.
As infighting grips the country’s two biggest parties, investors, executives and the EU’s other 27 nations are waiting for the U.K. to spell out the mechanics of how it plans to leave the EU following the June 23 referendum. The pound plunged to the lowest since 1985 and stocks plummeted after the result.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Brussels and then London on Monday to discuss the situation with the EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and U.K. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.
EU Meets
Labour Battle
The battle for the Labour party’s leadership matters because it will have a seat at the table when the establishment sits down to work out what sort of relationship it wants with the EU. There are also calls for a snap election before talks with the EU begin, meaning that a popular leader who gets a grip on the party has the potential to be the next prime minister.
Corbyn, a long-standing Euroskeptic who voted against EU membership in 1975, ran a low-key campaign for staying in this time. He didn’t make his first speech on the topic until two months after Cameron announced the referendum, and in his rare media appearances he repeatedly highlighted the EU’s flaws, even while arguing for a “Remain” vote. Large swathes of Labour heartlands in northern and central England, as well as Wales, ended up voting to leave the bloc on Thursday.
“There is growing concern in the Shadow Cabinet and the parliamentary party about his leadership,” Benn said.
Next Prime Minister
As Labour’s internal feud worsens, the Conservative Party is debating who will be the next prime minister. The Sunday Telegraph, citing people familiar with the situation, said that Cameron’s allies are accusing Johnson and Michael Gove, who broke with the prime minister to lead the “Leave” campaign, of misleading voters. Home Secretary Theresa May, who wanted to stay in the EU, has emerged as an alternative candidate to Johnson, the newspaper said.
Johnson will declare his candidacy next week and has no plans to call a snap election if he wins, the newspaper reported.
Former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith told the BBC that it would be “very, very difficult for the public who have voted for leaving the European Union to find they have a prime minister who opposed leaving the European Union.”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will host French President Francois Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in Berlin on Monday. The heads of what will be the EU’s three biggest economies once the U.K. is excluded are expected to discuss their response ahead of a meeting of the bloc’s 28 leaders in Brussels on Tuesday.
There are differences within the governments on how tough a line to take with Britain, with the political power vacuum in the U.K. also complicating the issue.
Corbyn may survive a Labour leadership challenge thanks to his popularity with the party membership, but he has lost authority among many of its lawmakers. Those pushing for him to go fear that whoever replaces Cameron will call a snap election, at which Labour will need a clear position on its attitude to the European Union and a leader who looks like a potential prime minister.
Corbyn, a long-time Euroskeptic who voted against EU membership in 1975, ran a low-key campaign for staying in this time. He didn’t make his first speech on the topic until two months after Cameron announced the referendum, and in his rare media appearances he repeatedly highlighted the EU’s flaws, even while arguing for a “Remain” vote. Swathes of Labour’s traditional heartlands in northern and central England, as well as Wales, voted to leave the bloc.
‘Not a Leader’
“There is growing concern in the Shadow Cabinet and the parliamentary party about his leadership,” Benn said. “Jeremy is a good and decent man but he’s not a leader. And that’s a problem.”
Among the Shadow Cabinet members who resigned were the party’s education spokeswoman, Lucy Powell, and its health spokeswoman, Heidi Alexander.
In the Conservative Party, Cameron’s allies are accusing Johnson and Michael Gove, who broke with the prime minister to lead the “Leave” campaign, of misleading voters, the Sunday Telegraph reported, citing people familiar with the situation. Home Secretary Theresa May, who wanted to stay in the EU, has emerged as an alternative candidate to Johnson, the newspaper said.
Johnson will declare his candidacy next week and has no plans to call a snap election if he wins, the newspaper reported.
Scotland’s Response
Former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith told the BBC on Sunday that it would be “very, very difficult for the public — who have voted for leaving the European Union — to find they have a prime minister who opposed leaving the European Union.”
Adding to the confusion, Sturgeon suggested Scotland could block a so-called Brexit because the necessary legislation might have to be approved in its parliament in Edinburgh.
“Looking at it from a logical perspective, I find it hard to believe that there wouldn’t be that requirement,” she told the BBC. “I suspect the U.K. government will take a very different view on that, and we’ll have to see where that discussion ends up.”
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