Jonny Morris: It is naive to think that Reform's support will dwindle if Labour improves public services and the economy. Grievance-merchants aren't interested in actual reality and facts. The only way to deal with racists is to *shut them down*, not to appeal to their sense of reason. They haven't gone one.

It is naive to think that Reform's support will dwindle if Labour improves public services and the economy. Grievance-merchants aren't interested in actual reality and facts. The only way to deal with racists is to *shut them down*, not to appeal to their sense of reason. They haven't gone one.

IMO that will only work if there's zero tolerance for the "both sides / legitimate concerns / stop telling people they're wrong" bullshit on the "sensible" side.

Yes. They do not have 'a point'.

Generally, people living nice lives don’t tend to veer far right. The challenge, of course, is to run a country So most people have nice lives.

I hope here it isn’t a naive thought, but in the US, Biden has measurably recovered the economy of the US - but Trump still gets away with saying inflation is 30%, not 3%. It feels like an unprecedented era of political lying by the far right is their fuel and it’s hard for reality to get a toe-hold

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