Brexit a right wing conspiracy?

Is Brexit a right wing conspiracy? It is curious how this accusation has arisen. The EU’s policies are fully in line with the ultra right neo-con agenda. The main beneficiaries are the Franco-German industrial giants, plus owners of large agricultural land holdings. That is not surprising because the EEC was set up as a way of getting the European military-industrial complex to work together, instead of against each other, and they have the resources to pay for the best lobbyists. These are the main beneficiaries of the EU’s trade and economic policies: protectionism, the CAP, VAT and the Euro, which favours mercantilist Germany. Freedom of movement ensures that wages are driven down to the lowest level. The Euro is a device for paying German workers in an undervalued currency, while at the same time providing an easy market for German products. Minimum pay and workers’ rights are nothing more than window dressing. The CAP and import tariffs drive down real wages by putting up shop prices. VAT does the same.

The very same corporations and individuals bankrolled the Nazis in Germany and fascist parties elsewhere in Europe. Many of the employed slave labour during the war, and many of the survivors never received compensation from their exploiters.

It is time this myth of Brexit as a right wing plot was laid to rest. The perception of Labour opponents of EEC entry in the 1960s was not mistaken.