‘Populist’ or serious contender?
Trump, Farage, Le Pen etc have all been dismissed by the BBC as ‘populist’ politicians…a contemptuous sneer that says not only are their policies not serious or worthy of consideration but that anyone who votes for them is somewhat stupid and driven by emotion and feelings rather than reason and good sense. Oddly one politician who goes for the exact same rhetoric and style, Jeremy Corbyn, is not labelled … Continue reading