I do have this theory that the money dried up in journalism so it got taken over by people not doing it for the money, so either rich people or weirdos. Which meant that the sort of average folks who could write went and did something else. But the political class haven't grasped this yet.
Like I could tell the Conservatives how to win an election. You look on the YouGov list of biggest issues that the electorate care about, and you focus on those, and in particular voters over 25 (under 25s are just not going to vote Conservative). Which is (in order): economy, health, immigration, housing, crime and the environment.
So cut taxes, boost growth, cut government waste. Reform the NHS (and keep up the spending). Get net migration way down. Reform incentives for house building (like letting councils have the rates), deal with crime and increase nuclear power.
People care about the environment, but it's not a huge issue. I'm also going to say that I suspect "woke" isn't a big issue. It's something people chat about, but you go knocking on doors wearing a rosette and asking what people care about, they don't mention it. They're far more likely to mention graffiti at the playground.
In 2016 I called Trump a 'middle finger president' Many in politics still can't see this. They can't see a huge number of people are just saing 'fuck you' to the elite politicians.
I do have this theory that the money dried up in journalism so it got taken over by people not doing it for the money, so either rich people or weirdos. Which meant that the sort of average folks who could write went and did something else. But the political class haven't grasped this yet.
Like I could tell the Conservatives how to win an election. You look on the YouGov list of biggest issues that the electorate care about, and you focus on those, and in particular voters over 25 (under 25s are just not going to vote Conservative). Which is (in order): economy, health, immigration, housing, crime and the environment.
So cut taxes, boost growth, cut government waste. Reform the NHS (and keep up the spending). Get net migration way down. Reform incentives for house building (like letting councils have the rates), deal with crime and increase nuclear power.
People care about the environment, but it's not a huge issue. I'm also going to say that I suspect "woke" isn't a big issue. It's something people chat about, but you go knocking on doors wearing a rosette and asking what people care about, they don't mention it. They're far more likely to mention graffiti at the playground.
In 2016 I called Trump a 'middle finger president' Many in politics still can't see this. They can't see a huge number of people are just saing 'fuck you' to the elite politicians.
Restacking this; I went way into the weeds in a similar vein but I like how you kept yours simple and high level
https://milesmcstylez.substack.com/p/populists-are-trying-to-save-democracy