Brexit : Towards a Neoliberal Utopia ?
Résumé
Although Brexit is sometimes regarded on the left as an opportunity to move away from neoliberalism, most notably by facilitating the re-nationalisation of public services, it is regarded by many on the right of the British Conservative Party as a significant opportunity to lead the way in market deregulation, pushing the UK towards a neoliberal real utopia – a free market ideal with real practical consequences. This paper seeks to outline the contours of that real utopia before highlight-ing the political obstacles that stand in its way. Yet, whilst the realisa-tion of a post-Brexit real utopia may be regarded as nothing but a dream, ‘actually existing neoliberalism’ is likely to survive intact as the economic uncertainties of Brexit place corporate power in a par-ticularly strong bargaining position.