What are politicians for if they can't change public opinion? Kenan Malik
about 5 years in The guardian
Yes, MPs need to be alert to voters’ mood. But they also need to win on principles
‘We look towards the other England and wonder how it could be so provincial, so backward, so completely out of step with the times. And then we turn our backs on it… That is the really alarming thing about this national division.”
That might have been written yesterday, ending some journalistic dispatch from “Brexitland”. In fact, it’s from Geoffrey Moorhouse’s 1964 book, The Other England, which exposes in tones of fascinated condescension the reality of life outside the “golden circle” of the home counties. Continue reading...
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