The electorate are engaged at some level in a fictive transaction, where we know that what we intend to buy is indeed a counterfeit. It is, it seems, a good time for nostalgia. It is received wisdom that this is what support for Donald Trump in the United States has meant, just as the… Continue reading “Going back somewhere: nostalgia and the radical right”
Johnson’s success in the Conservative leadership election is based upon undeliverable or potentially disastrous promises, either of which will only increase the Brexit Party surge. Boris Johnson is all set to be crowned leader of the Conservative Party on Tuesday. His seemingly irresistible rise to victory can be attributed to a number of factors, but… Continue reading “Why the radical right relishes Boris Johnson as prime minister”