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It will, in time. You basically cut the hierarchy in half. A citizen can now meet their politician in the supermarket.

The other parts necessary is transparency and democracy but those are on other orthogonal axis.

It won't, you haven't cut any hierarchy, that's not how the EU works (but the UK let themselves get disinformed about that for decades by certain Mr. Johnson and others). A citizen can meet the politician in the supermarket in the same way as before and it does not matter, because the politician lied to him, the citizen believed him and voted for the Brexit and nothing got better. Now the citizen does not believe in democracy in general. Trust is what has been lost.

I can meet my MEP in the supermarket. I can write to him an email and he will reply personally. This is a non-issue.

They currently have the most unpopular prime minister in history with 64% disapproval rating.

Give it time. As long as democracy/liberties are not taken away they will heal.

Yes, they have the most unpopular prime minister in history, and the most popular party is an openly fascist one, there are fascist mass protests in the streets of London etc.. This looks more like the end days of Weimar Republic and not some healing session.

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