Some time ago I wrote a blog about why a great number of voters are electing politicians that are ‘saying it as is’ without pandering to political correctness, and why it is not enough to dismiss all of them as uneducated, bigoted, or stupid.
Are we all bigots
I think that Boris Johnson landslide victory falls in the same zone.
Social Democrats and the left in general do not acknowledge, respect, and discuss the fears of the working class and the rural regions, and Brexit is just one of the projections of these fears.
The left discourse became an elitist discourse delivered with a superiority attitude.
And this why Johnson broke the 'Red wall' of Labour and won a clear majority in Parliament.
Another reason is that people in time of crisis are attracted by the strong man, they need a leader figure. A man that talks like them, and is not afraid to say his mind. Corbyn is definitely not this man. He stayed unable to take position on Brexit, and he talks with no passion as if he is not convinced of what he says. He is no leader figure.
It might be also that the electoral system for the House of Common where members are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system does not allow for an accurate tally of popular vote rather than closed regional vote. For example in the last elections before this one 25% of voters got only 1% of the seats.
No denial that the United Kingdom is entering a new era for good or worse.
Are we all bigots
I think that Boris Johnson landslide victory falls in the same zone.
Social Democrats and the left in general do not acknowledge, respect, and discuss the fears of the working class and the rural regions, and Brexit is just one of the projections of these fears.
The left discourse became an elitist discourse delivered with a superiority attitude.
And this why Johnson broke the 'Red wall' of Labour and won a clear majority in Parliament.
Another reason is that people in time of crisis are attracted by the strong man, they need a leader figure. A man that talks like them, and is not afraid to say his mind. Corbyn is definitely not this man. He stayed unable to take position on Brexit, and he talks with no passion as if he is not convinced of what he says. He is no leader figure.
It might be also that the electoral system for the House of Common where members are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system does not allow for an accurate tally of popular vote rather than closed regional vote. For example in the last elections before this one 25% of voters got only 1% of the seats.
No denial that the United Kingdom is entering a new era for good or worse.
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