Editorial: The way out of the Brexit impasse

As the first act in the Brexit drama reaches its concluding scenes, only one thing about the plot is certain. The reverberations from the working-class revolt against the capitalist establishment which, at bottom, the 2016 EU referendum result represented will not end at that point. Further Westminster paralysis, an acrimonious breakdown of negotiations between Britain and the EU27 and an ‘accidental’ no-deal exit, a cabinet rebellion and the defenestration of May, a general election, a Corbyn-led government or another hung parliament – all these possibilities and other variants, too, are inherent in the unfolding situation.