English Uprising

Brexit and the Mainstreaming of the Far Right

Paul Stocker

• Publisher: Melville House UK
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781911545101
• eBook ISBN:
  9781911545118
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: European Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

An important examination of how and why Brexit, Trump, and the rise of the far right have happened, and the consequences for us all.Brexit reflected perhaps the biggest vote of no confidence in the political establishment in modern British history. Despite the vote leading to shock and dismay across the globe, this backlash against the political elite had been decades in the making. But how did we get here?In his important book, Paul Stocker examines how ideas of the far right—always a fringe movement in Britain—have become part of the cultural and political mainstream, especially via a noxious right-wing press, and how these issues are not unique to Britain. Rather, the growth of far-right populism is a Western phenomenon, and one with trends that can be witnessed across Europe, as well as the US. Ultimately, "mainstreaming" this racism has combined with populism—a growing sense that the political elite does not understand or represent the needs of ordinary Britons—which culminated in Brexit.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1 A History of Intolerance
• 2 Britain’s Multiracial Society and the Failure of Extremism
• 3 Far Right Mainstreaming, Mainstreaming the Far Right
• 4 The Rise and Fall of the BNP
• 5 Breaking Point: Enter Ukip
• 6 Take Back Control: The EU Referendum
• 7 The Decline of England
• 8 A Western Disease
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Further Reading
• Index