{"id":6993,"date":"2021-12-06T11:15:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T05:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/uk-brexit-democracy\/"},"modified":"2021-12-06T11:26:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T05:56:12","slug":"uk-brexit-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/uk-brexit-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit fractured the UK\u2019s democracy and cynicism now reigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"trade-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-2265535067\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/get\/telegram\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101992\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/telegram-channel-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN3Epgswxc--Aw?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123430\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png\" alt=\"follow-on-google-news\" width=\"222\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><p>Southampton, Dec 6 (360info) In the shadow of Brexit, this ideal seems far from reality in the UK, many Britons have come to view politics through an antagonistic lens.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_7\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-2248581717\"><!-- Composite Start --> \r\n <div id=\"M923760ScriptRootC1549812\"> \r\n <\/div> \r\n <script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.mgid.com\/t\/r\/tradebrains.in.1549812.js\" async> \r\n <\/script> \r\n <!-- Composite End --><\/div>\n<p>US President Joe Biden is billing his \u00a0\u2018Summit for Democracy\u2019 as an opportunity \u201cto prove democracy still works and can improve people\u2019s lives in tangible ways\u201d. In the shadow of Brexit, this ideal seems far from reality in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Many Britons have come to view politics through an antagonistic lens. They\u2019ve lost trust in politics and the quality of political leadership, perceive an increase in the level of corruption and a failure to address severe economic inequalities. And this highly negative view is affecting how they engage with democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Just 28 percent of those surveyed in a May 2020 TrustGov UK poll expressed confidence in the government and politicians looking after their interests, or the public interest.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_5\" id=\"trade-3470041008\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_2_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7925020301\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>In contrast, mistrust (a sceptical attitude towards government and politics) and distrust (an assessment that government and politicians do not have your interests at heart) are dominant in UK politics. In the same survey, nearly two-thirds of citizens displayed mistrust and nearly half expressed distrust in their responses to statements about politics and government.<\/p>\n<p>The question in citizens\u2019 minds has become less \u2018what is democracy doing for me?\u2019 and more \u2018how is politics doing me down now?\u2019 \tIt turns out this cynicism was a key factor in the divided Brexit vote \u2014 in particular, how citizens reasoned their way to a choice over whether to vote Remain or Leave.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, in high political trust contexts there is a positive relationship between the endorsements of political elites and voting patterns of citizens.<\/p>\n<p> Take the 1975 Referendum that led to the UK joining the Common Market, the forerunner to the EU. Voters \u2018followed the leader\u2019 and backed \u2018Yes\u2019 because that was largely what the two main Conservative and Labour parties \u2013 and especially the party leaders \u2013 recommended.<\/p>\n<p> By contrast, in the current low political trust context, \u00a0\u2018negative elite cues\u2019 were important in driving votes for both Leave and Remain camps. Voters used politicians as proxies not for positions they wished to support, but for positions they wished to vote against.<\/p>\n<p>The result of the 2016 Brexit vote in turn appears to have had a real impact on British citizens\u2019 satisfaction with the way democracy works in the UK. \u00a0That shows through in public opinion surveys, including the British Election Study (BES) internet panel study.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content-10\" id=\"trade-2792939370\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_3_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2969612066\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>In 2014, two years before the referendum, Remain supporters were modestly more satisfied with the workings of democracy than Leave supporters, but within both groups about half said they were \u2018very\u2019 or \u2018fairly\u2019 satisfied with democracy.<\/p>\n<p>After the 2016 referendum, the satisfaction of Remainers in democracy slumped and remained low and even declined further in the coming years, with only about a third of this group presently expressing satisfaction with UK democracy.\u00a0 \tLeavers, in contrast, became much more satisfied soon after the referendum, but this boost faded as the protracted negotiations over the Brexit deal were seen as a betrayal by the political establishment in the referendum\u2019s outcome. However, the level of satisfaction of Leavers with UK democracy reached new heights after the election of the Conservative government led by Boris Johnson in December 2019 which pledged to \u2018get Brexit done\u2019 \u2013 and delivered on that promise in January 2020.\u00a0 \tBefore the referendum, citizens with different levels of education expressed roughly similar levels of satisfaction, but since the referendum, citizens with lower levels of educational attainment have been more satisfied with UK democracy and those with university education have been least satisfied.\u00a0 \tOne interpretation of these trends is to view it as an example of the democratic process at work. Leave voters finally got something they wanted from the political system and responded with greater satisfaction.\u00a0 \tRemain voters found themselves on the losing side of a decision for once and their satisfaction slumped. But this interpretation, framing the Brexit vote as a sort of bloody nose for political elites and their supporters, underplays the undercurrent of the low trust environment.\u00a0 \tFor Remain voters it is difficult to see what could help recover their sense of satisfaction with UK democracy, given how many of them, especially those of younger generations, tend to see the Brexit campaign and the manoeuvres of its leaders (including the current Prime Minister of the UK, Boris Johnson) as a betrayal.\u00a0 \tMeanwhile, Leave voters\u2019 sense of imminent treachery is never far from the surface; especially if the claimed benefits of Brexit \u2013 whether cultural or economic \u2013 are not delivered.\u00a0  \tWhat&#8217;s next? \tBrexit\u2019s legacy sees renewed calls for another vote on Scottish independence and a \u00a0destabilising impact on the Northern Ireland peace process.<\/p>\n<p>In the context of recent revelations of low-level corruption in the allocation of contracts during the COVID-19 crisis and concerns about the lobbying practices and second jobs taken by MPs, polling suggests that see the moral standing of MPs among the British public is at an all-time low compared to the 1980s and 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>The UK, like most countries, is in a complex struggle to recover in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges involved in moving to a low carbon economy. Withdrawal from the EU has added to the sense that the UK is struggling to find its way.\u00a0 \tThe \u201csunlit uplands\u201d and levelling-up of regions and economic fortunes promised by Prime Minister Johnson may yet appear, but until they do, a grinding sense of scepticism stretching to cynicism about politics and UK democracy will dominate. That cycle needs to be broken if the future of democracy is going to be secured.\u00a0(360info.org)  AMS AMS<\/p>\n<div class=\"trade-after-content\" id=\"trade-2229050222\"><div id=\"taboola-below-article-thumbnails\"><\/div>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n  window._taboola = window._taboola || [];\r\n  _taboola.push({\r\n    mode: 'alternating-thumbnails-a',\r\n    container: 'taboola-below-article-thumbnails',\r\n    placement: 'Below Article Thumbnails',\r\n    target_type: 'mix'\r\n  });\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n  window._taboola = window._taboola || [];\r\n  _taboola.push({flush: true});\r\n<\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southampton, Dec 6 (360info) In the shadow of Brexit, this ideal seems far from reality in the UK, many Britons have come to view politics through an antagonistic lens. 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