Don’t blame the Tories for a Brexit ‘no deal’

Remember when leftists and liberals were against capitalists throwing their weight around in the political sphere? ‘Just because you’re filthy rich doesn’t mean you should have more clout than the rest of us’, they might say. No longer. Now they love it when the boss class tut-tuts about democracy and wonders out loud if we should just ignore the little people and shape politics so that it suits us, the moneyed and powerful. Consider the glee with which some leftish Remainers have lapped up Amazon’s dire warnings about a no-deal Brexit.

According to the Times this morning, on Friday, at a meeting organised by Brexit Secretary Dominic Rabb, the head of Amazon in the UK, Doug Gurr, said there could be ‘civil unrest’ within two weeks if Britain leaves the EU without a deal. This is a nasty intervention that smacks almost of a threat. In essence Gurr is saying that if Britain doesn’t accept whatever naff deal the EU offers us, and goes for no deal instead, violence will plague the land.