As long as people keep voting for national governments that, in essence, want - perhaps with a little tinkering around the edges - to maintain the status quo, I feel that coming out of the EU will not yield the sort of results that many Brexiters and the progressive changes that the radical left of the Labour movement were seeking.
As the Leave campaign focused largely on immigration and the removal of "red tape", supported by some ridiculously jingoistic sloganising and, some would say, downright lies, it legitimised racism and a very inward looking and backward view of the world. This is no doubt the result that some people wanted but I truly hope that the vast majority of people are appalled by it.
However, when a politician like Corbyn comes along who everybody acknowledges is a genuine, honest person who wants to improve conditions for everybody in the country but particularly for the poor who always lose out whoever is in government, because he is not a master of spin and deception, he is deemed ineligible for high office. This is, I feel, largely because the right wing press and media definitely do not want anyone to get into power who might challenge the idea that ordinary people should keep working their socks off in order to line the pockets of the super rich or pay for their "mistakes". Labour to some extent capitulated on this point - largely accepting the blame for the 2008 crash (despite the fact that it occurred throughout Europe and the US), and going along with austerity measures.
In my view, we need a leader who stands for fairness and peace and who respects and values everybody and wants to maintain our public services. I expect, though, that so-called charisma will beat integrity every time and we'll carry on with the same old, same old ad infinitum.
