Tories

The Question

They could be a member of your family, or a friend or acquaintance, or a work colleague. They voted in good faith for Brexit, and unless the person is an ideological zealot they will be disappointed at the outcome so far. Can we define a type for these people?

Leaning in from the Right

I decided to read around the sound bites. I thought that insights from an academic might help, so I got stuck into 'Values, Voice and Virtue', by Matthew Goodwin, who is Professor of Politics at the University of Kent.

I am pretty good with crowds, although a super-spreading event would currently not be welcome. The only exception was when walking once to Stamford Bridge as a young teenager to see Chelsea, and being carried along with my feet barely touching the ground - slightly alarming.

I have a reputation in certain quarters for being grumpy, so this seems a perfect subject for these times.

To prepare for my diatribe I have first checked the Johnson entries in 'Late Life Crisis', a series of articles I did over the pandemic up to August this year. I will reproduce some of them below. They form an aide memoire for developing my arguments. They are also a snapshot of 18 months of UK Covid world. 

The Review

March 2020