The real patriotic revolution has just started and the far-right will be fearful

The real patriotic revolution has just started and the far-right will be fearful

It’s 2005 and Tony Blair is in Brussels, speaking in the European Parliament. Britain is riding high after brokering a £586bn EU budget. Suddenly, he pauses. Then the prime minister turns sharply toward Ukip’s Nigel Farage. “Let me tell you, sir,” he says, the chamber buzzing with anticipation, “you sit there with our country’s flag – but you do not represent our country’s interests. “This is 2005, not 1945. We are not fighting each other anymor…