If Brexit doesn’t look like it’s working out, maybe it’s because you look at things in the same way. The existence of Reform UK is a result of the 2016 referendum and its ramifications.
Increasing investment in infrastructure is also coming at pace in large parts of the country. It’s especially notable in Manchester, Birmingham, and London. They are hotspots for post-industrial redevelopment.
There’s a genuine buzz for it. These are the fundamentals needed for any prosperous state. Our letdown is a cycle of radical politics. It affects campuses, companies, and political campaigns.
Nevertheless, a reasonable, outward looking Labour party has returned to power. It has a stated drive for modernisation beyond unionism, and a politics of refunding people.
The only issue is if their ambitions, and ours, are big enough. It can’t be a return to the EU, or more integration, in the long run but a way of seeing it with us at the centre. It’s all that matters.
