narrative. what is the narrative that would work, do you think, to convince people? well, it is most noticeable in the united states, and i live in texas myself, where the signal-to-noise ratio is very high. but i m canadian and i see it in canada as well. when people attack me online from the uk, they re all pro-brexit. so it is spreading around the world. to counteract it, rather than beginning what they most disagree on, you have to figure something you agree on. sometimes it can be a shared faith, but as i talk about in my book, it can be many other things. it can be the place we live, the fact we re both parents. we might enjoy the same outdoor activities or beer or wine. these things might sound insignificant but i ve had incredible conversations on why climate change matters and what we can do about it that literally started with knitting. but that s one to one. you need something what is
it s pro brexit, it s populist. i think you re right. in some ways to describe it as center right, sorted to me because it makes you think of a small state, low tax government. of a small state, low tax government. of course that is not the direction this government is heading in. of course what some inside the party worry about is that it is just immensely difficult trying to have a broad coalition where you are trying to appeal to more working class voters in the north of the country were not particularly bothered about lower taxes and do want to see an active state sorting out some of the problems which undoubtedly led many of them to vote for brexit. but of course the conservative party is traditionally also appealed to the middle classes and businesses who are absolutely very worried indeed about keeping taxes low. iliiui’ith about keeping taxes low. with a olo . ies about keeping taxes low. with apologies to about keeping taxes low. with apologies to our about keeping taxes
minister likely to stick? minister likely to stick? look, in normal times, minister likely to stick? look, in normal times, if minister likely to stick? look, in normal times, if you re - minister likely to stick? look, in normal times, if you re closest i normal times, if you re closest advisers says, as well as your clever and complex, if they going to say that you are chaotic, clueless, incompetent, cynical, i could go on and on, that can be absolutely terminal. but these are not normal times and they are not normal times because essentially the country is split into two tribes after the referendum into thousand 16. the probe for us pro brexit tribe in the other tried but doesn t like brexit and doesn t like boris very much. and talking to members of the first tribe, they are just not receptive to this kind of criticism and they dismiss mr cummings this summer with sour grapes and dismiss mr cummings this summer with sourgrapes and an dismiss mr cummings this summer with sour gr
another independent candidate in the seat, they did very well, pro brexit, without him standing, it was assumed his boat would bolster the conservative vote, put those together with the fact the conservatives are pulling very well nationally and many assumed a tory victory was in the bag but it did not happen so why not? let s look at the change in vote from 2019, the labour vote down by 7.4%, conservatives down 1.6%, liberal democrats down by 1.3%, why? george galloway is not on the graph but his vote is up a great deal, three things to say. the first, the fact that labour won and george galloway got so many votes suggests labour s victory is more impressive than the headline majority might suggest. without george galloway standing it would have meant probably labour would have meant probably labour would have meant probably labour would have had a bigger victory. second, labourwon would have had a bigger victory. second, labour won despite leaking a lot of votes to george galloway s
onto batley and spen in west yorkshire. it was a narrow sliver of a victory. the share of the vote, labour with 35.3, and the conservatives on 34.4, only 323 vote majority. george galloway coming in with 21.9%. two factors made people think labour were finished before today. one was george galloway standing, targeting the british muslim vote in the constituency, which is sizeable. people assumed it would eat into the labour vote. and if we go back to the 2019 election there was another independent candidate at that time in the seat and they did very well at the other end of the spectrum, pro brexit, and without him standing this time around it was assumed that his votes would bolster the conservative vote. putting the two together, with the fact the conservatives are polling well nationally at the moment people assumed a tory victory would be at hand and it did not happen. why not?