by Greg Palast says the British voted for Brexit because they hated globalisation and couldn't stomach anymore of it. Boris Johnson managed to present himself as the anti-establishment candidate who was against Europe. Now we have five more years of a party which has brought neoliberalism to the UK for the past 40 years.I live in a Conservative area and I tried to think why so many of my neighbours have always voted Tory. They are not deep into politics, but I think a lot of them think the posh people should be in charge. The gentry, they believe, run all the companies, the banks, the military, the law, the institutions, and so they think they should run the country.They see the gentry as having high status - the Toffs, Lords and Barons. They think these people will look after them, when
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I live in a Conservative area and I tried to think why so many of my neighbours have always voted Tory. They are not deep into politics, but I think a lot of them think the posh people should be in charge. The gentry, they believe, run all the companies, the banks, the military, the law, the institutions, and so they think they should run the country.
They see the gentry as having high status - the Toffs, Lords and Barons. They think these people will look after them, when they only look after themselves and have caused havoc to the lives of most British people. None of my neighbours are well off, they work long hours for low pay with not many perks or holidays. They are exploited.
The younger British voters, though, couldn't care less for the Tories. Red means left in the UK.
The Labour politician, Emily Thornberry, recently did an interview where she said that on the doorstep people didn't think Jeremy Corbyn was a leader who could run the country. She said that many families she spoke to had family members in the army and they were scared for their safety.
The Tories send the British soldiers to fight in uneccessary wars, often illegal, and Jeremy would have brought the boys home. But the Tories will send them off to die in wars for British and American imperialism. Propaganda is Institutionalised.
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