Ideas of regionalisation and decentralisation are on the rise among British subjects, much helped by the notorious Brexit
As News Front reported earlier, the transition period in which cooperation between the United Kingdom and the European Union took place on previous terms will end on 31 December. Britain will face the New Year fully independent from the EU, which entails a number of problematic moments.
Although the two sides have reached agreements on a trade agreement, Ireland will now be divided by a full border. The same fate will befall Gibraltar, a UK overseas territory. In Scotland, meanwhile, the number of supporters of separatism is growing. If the nationalists win the next local parliamentary elections, they promise to hold a referendum on independence, and polls show that the plebiscite could be successful.
The British are increasingly “shutting down”, preferring to solve their own problems, says Polish political analyst Konrad Rankas. According to him, the country’s population has a desire to become “a normal country and not just a carrier of the will of international capital”.
“There is a growing desire in English society to endorse the idea of smaller nations from the UK going their own way. At the same time, regionalisation, decentralisation and centrifugal tendencies are increasing”, – Rancas explained, noting that the ruling elites have so far managed to suppress all this.