Absolutely. I'm the Unison rep at my job, and I can attest to the fact that the union leadership is fundamentally divorced from the workplace. Not mine, obviously, coz I'm a great rep, but in other places. And wider. Sure, they still do the basic stuff, but the main interest of Union leaders is their political importance. This is why you get crap like NUT spending massive amounts of time crafting statements on Palestine and holding teachers to ransome with fear of undefended abuse cases, rather than focusing on improving teachers' wages or protecting restrictions on working days or holidays.
The EU is going to fuck Britain. Sorry to say, but thats just how they operate.
It probably will try to, but wouldn't that just legitimise the concerns of those who voted to leave? An arrogant, anti-democratic bloc dedicated to federalist supremacism overriding national sovereignty, emptimosed by Juncker (who should be sacked for his role in this disaster, by the way). Wouldn't this just be tragedy layered upon tragedy?
Break the unions. Privatise public assets & housing. Deregulate financial and banking sectors. Impose varying forms of austerity. Allow media concentration & shift overton ever rightwards. Tear the post-war social democratic balance to pieces then demonise immigrants & blame foreigners for resulting drop in living standards.
I have to say, droid, this is a bit of an about-face from your usual view on things. Are you feeling alright?