A Short History of Brexit

A succinct, expert guide to how we got to Brexit

This short history traces the development of Western culture from the Middle Ages, through industrial and political revolutions, world wars and up to the present day. The author considers the many achievements of Western culture, as well as its sins. The book sets out the reasons why, in the age of Trump, Brexit and resurgent authoritarianism, a critical understanding of Western history is more important now than ever before. The author welcomes all reviews: good, bad, or indifferent!

The General Strike was one of the most significant events in twentieth century Britain. The miners were locked out and the mass of rank-and-file trade unionists then came out on strike in their support. With their families and some middle-class sympathizers, the miners and the labor and trade union movement found itself pitched against the political establishment, the apparatus of the state, the powerful mineowners backed by the Conservative Government and most of the media of the time in what was the sharpest form of class conflict short of political revolution. It had always said that the British didn't do general strikes. In 1926 they certainly did!