The Study Of British Populism In The Context Of Brexit

The Brexit referendum in 2016 caused great shock to the world.It stems from the promise of the then Prime Minister Cameron to help the Conservative Party win the election,but it eventually turned into a political farce.In the process of Brexit,populism is the most important reason for Brexit,and a wave has formed in the context of current globalization,sweeping all European countries and the world.If we put the Brexit process in the context of populism,we can think that the 2016 Brexit referendum is a political movement with a populist nature,and the "Brexit" victory is the British populist forces Staged victory.British populism is not a sudden attack to guide the referendum,but it has been accumulated and developed in the complex political and economic environment of Britain after centuries of accumulation.Populism is a derivative of democratic politics,and the development of British elite democratic politics has spawned populism.With the changes in the social environment,charter movements and parliamentary reforms with populist nature have erupted in British history.Although the two world wars and the post-war welfare state construction during the period have alleviated the growth of populism to a certain extent,Thatcher’s neoliberal system and Blair’s "third path" repopulated populism.In the process of Brexit,populism is mainly manifested in the public’s resentment of the elite,the exclusion of "outsiders" and the irrational and outrageous voting method.The impulse of some people before the referendum contrasted with the remorse after the referendum and became a vivid portrayal of British populism.British mainstream political parties played different roles in the process of Brexit,but they all showed a populist tendency.The combination of public opinion expression and Brexit embodies the confluence of populism and nationalism.The referendum replaces the traditional form of street struggle to symbolize the escalation of the populist movement.The rapid spread of public opinion and emotional incitement on the Internet has contributed to the spread of populist thought.In the context of Brexit,the rise of British populism has its own reasons.First of all,since the financial crisis,the British economy has declined,and the gap between the rich and the poor has widened.Manchu and disappointment in globalization,the relationship between the public and the elite has become the conceptual distinction between "we" and "others";secondly,the fragmentation of British party politics and the decline of the British parliamentary model have neglected the interests of the bottom people In order to solve the problem of Brexit in the form of a referendum;in addition,the prevalence of suspicion of European culture and the bankruptcy of multiculturalism policies have caused some people to form a right-wing populist force and thus exclude the EU;finally,the decline of social welfare policies With the surge of immigrants affecting the interests of local people,these groups formed populist forces and promoted Brexit.Populism is extremely destructive.It not only caused the economic downturn and political turmoil in the United Kingdom,but also delayed the process of European integration and incited the far-right populist forces in Europe,and brought great challenges to global governance.In the future,only by reexamining the development of elite democracy,breaking the binary opposition between the public and the elite,and bringing populism into the correct democratic development track can the orderly development of democratic politics be promoted.