I wish it was the latter. Historians will analyse this era to pieces. Was it ignorance? Social media? Unchecked opinions being broadcast as news? Blue-collar workers punching down and sideways?
I wonder if there are similarities in the populations that voted for these people, but don't know enough about the demographics or voting systems to be sure. My in-laws (comfortably well off ardent tory Brexiters) often visit a couple of well off Trump supporters in California. Apparently the latter have found PresidentTrump good for their pockets, though what they think of the gent now is unknown.
The irony is that as a party member, one of my in-laws wrote to the chairman to say it would be a huge mistake if BJ became the tory leader, but for all those misgivings, I would be very surprised if he kept his vote in his pocket at the last GE.
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Date: 2020-04-10 08:32 am (UTC)I wonder if there are similarities in the populations that voted for these people, but don't know enough about the demographics or voting systems to be sure. My in-laws (comfortably well off ardent tory Brexiters) often visit a couple of well off Trump supporters in California. Apparently the latter have found PresidentTrump good for their pockets, though what they think of the gent now is unknown.
The irony is that as a party member, one of my in-laws wrote to the chairman to say it would be a huge mistake if BJ became the tory leader, but for all those misgivings, I would be very surprised if he kept his vote in his pocket at the last GE.