Tuesday 3 September 2019

brexit and the culture wars: part two

We have culture wars happening everywhere:
Jay Doubleyou: culture wars
Jay Doubleyou: culture mix: germany

And in particular in the UK:
Jay Doubleyou: brexit and the culture wars

That last posting was from last month... and since then, there's been a lot of comment:
Boris Johnson’s luck might be about to run out | Comment | The Times


Telegraph.co.uk
This is one of the most seismic political realignments in postwar history. The Tories had better be careful
Brexit and the gridlock in Parliament have already transformed our party .... the longer-term culture wars that have crippled the United States.
This is one of the most seismic political realignments in postwar history. The Tories had better be careful


The Guardian
From the Blitz to Brexit: how society changed after the second world war ... (The counter-culture combined with consumerism, described by ...

Culture has become far more important in elections — since 2016 people can no longer be relied upon to vote with their wallets. And where you fall on social questions is far harder to fudge: you are either pro-gay marriage or against it, pro-stop-and-search or against it; pro-hanging or against it. Each decision reveals the deep principles of your party, not just the money available at the time. 
When two tribes go to war, Labour will find it far harder to score | London Evening Standard

Prospect
Britain's Reichstag Fire moment
Then there is the phenomenon of “culture wars,” which can be relied on ... that the death penalty should be brought back in post-Brexit Britain.
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