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fairy tales which people who have found themselves outflanked in politics tell each other to try and explain away election or referendum results they do not like.

their values were no longer recognized or respected by the people who now rule over them.

Over the last decade, many of the people who run Britain were confronted with the realization they do not know a large part of the country at all. Repeatedly, leading politicians, journalists, commentators and intellectuals were stunned by a succession of revolts they failed to see coming. In response, many turned inwards, blaming these upheavals o

In turn, they sought to reassert their values by rallying around populism, Brexit and Boris Johnson, and will continue to do so unless we find a better way of recognizing their beliefs.

Manifestos are fiction dressed as fact.

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