Whose argument is that?
They are more akin to petite bourgeoisie
And yet so long as they aren't petty proprietors themselves their relationship to production is proletarian, just as it would be if they were a doctor or an engineer.
If it just disappeared in a puff of smoke? I'd be inconsolable as I've lived here my entire life. Everyone that's important to me, from my friends, to my partner, to my family, all live here. My dad's ashes have been scattered here. If England disappeared tomorrow, myself and my loved ones would immediately lose our homes and our history and immediately become stateless refugees, along with the 55.9 million other people that live here.
If you mean in the sense of some kind of Balkanisation, I'd still be extremely upset. At no point in modern history has a country ever benefited from being Balkanised; from Yugoslavia, to the collapse of the USSR, to the partition of India and the colonial carve up of China, none of these countries have materially benefitted from being divided up in this way. The people living in all of the examples cited experienced incredible suffering and instability as a direct result of Balkanisation. In England's (and more widely, the UK's) case, it would almost certainly be preyed upon by the US and the EU. Its hard enough for the British establishment to compete on a level playing field with the other imperialist powers as it is with Great Britain unified, let alone if it was split apart into several smaller and poorer independent states.
Does this mean England should exist as it does today? I don't think so, personally. I believe the UK's best future (beyond the scope of a socialist revolution, of course) is in forming a federative republic, within which England would need to be legislatively split into smaller administrative units so that it doesn't perpetuate the existing relationship between England and the rest of the UK. A federal division of the UK should be weighted primarily by population, with the aim being to ensure that each administrative unit is a similar size to Wales or Scotland, meaning a range of 3-5 million people. This means some regions of England, such as Yorkshire, the South West or the East Midlands, would translate well into such a federative system. Others would need to be redesignated, such as the North West or the South East.
National organiser for a communist ran socialist party here. The fact of the matter is that I don't. The party comes first. Always.
In my experience, the lines between social life and party blurred once I crossed a certain threshold of commitment and time invested; party socials become your down time and your fellow party members become your closest friends. You might even meet your life partner in the party as several of my comrades have. Some have even started families together.
For context, my position with the party is now effectively my full time work. I have no fixed hours, but I'm effectively on call 24/7 and can be called on to travel across the country at a moment's notice for party work. So long as I deliver on my responsibilities I'm given complete flexibility in how I carry out my work. In that regard, I've never been more free in my entire life. However, this does mean that when times are hectic I simply cannot stop working until all my tasks are complete, which has sometimes meant taking on 12-14 hour work days.
...As told to you by bourgeois funded academics
"The transition from capitalism to communism is an entire historical epoch. Until it is over, exploiters inevitably have hope for restoration, and this hope turns into attempts at restoration. The overthrown exploiters, who did not expect to be overthrown, did not believe in it, did not allow the thought of it, with tenfold energy, with mad passion, with hatred increased 100 times, rush into battle for the return of the "paradise lost"."
- V.I. Lenin
Someone woke up on the wrong side of his body pillow this morning...
F I R S T T H O U G H T
"Putler" springs to mind
That Saddam Hussein and Adolf Hitler were the same person.
Hidden microphones and transmitters have been a standard thing on all cars sold in the EU since 2018. It's been set up as a safety feature...
From what I can tell a likely scenario is:-