Insightful, as ever. Farage has shifted the Overton Window. Their perception of where the Overton Window sits is the only metric driving this government; as a route to longevity. The government can't shift the window but will respond to it. I'm struggling to see how we move the window so that sensible policy choices have a chance, tbh.
Thanks Andrew. The worrying shift is the adoption of Reform’s language - most notably “taking back control”, but other Brexit-era rhetoric, too. “Squalid chapter”, “island of strangers”: it’s the dog-whistle, fear-mongering politics of the Tories combined with the hyperbolic nonsense of the far-right. A post coming up on how the government might counter that narrative.
Insightful, as ever. Farage has shifted the Overton Window. Their perception of where the Overton Window sits is the only metric driving this government; as a route to longevity. The government can't shift the window but will respond to it. I'm struggling to see how we move the window so that sensible policy choices have a chance, tbh.
Thanks Andrew. The worrying shift is the adoption of Reform’s language - most notably “taking back control”, but other Brexit-era rhetoric, too. “Squalid chapter”, “island of strangers”: it’s the dog-whistle, fear-mongering politics of the Tories combined with the hyperbolic nonsense of the far-right. A post coming up on how the government might counter that narrative.