The Latest Populist Craze in Britain: An Unabashed Elitist
- 7 years ago
The Latest Populist Craze in Britain: An Unabashed Elitist
Among the most unlikely developments of this political season in Britain has been
that Mr. Rees-Mogg — whose conservative views include a hard line on departure from the European Union and on abortion and gay marriage — is being talked up as a possible Conservative Party leader.
"It’s dangerous, in a way, that if you don’t make yourself an obviously comical figure, or seem like you’re on the fringes, people will regard you with suspicion." As the Conservative Party conference approached — it begins on Sunday,
and Mr. Rees-Mogg is expected to give as many as nine speeches in two days — moderate Conservatives sent up flares of warning.
" he said. that I think that conservative principles have a broad appeal
and you should state them boldly, and the point of a Conservative election is to do conservative things, not to do Labour things but slightly less damaging,
Richard Harris said that He had the right connections but trod the path and the slippery pole like everyone else,
He was, they said, "authentic." A decade ago, many Conservative Party leaders wanted nothing to do with Mr. Rees-Mogg.
Among the most unlikely developments of this political season in Britain has been
that Mr. Rees-Mogg — whose conservative views include a hard line on departure from the European Union and on abortion and gay marriage — is being talked up as a possible Conservative Party leader.
"It’s dangerous, in a way, that if you don’t make yourself an obviously comical figure, or seem like you’re on the fringes, people will regard you with suspicion." As the Conservative Party conference approached — it begins on Sunday,
and Mr. Rees-Mogg is expected to give as many as nine speeches in two days — moderate Conservatives sent up flares of warning.
" he said. that I think that conservative principles have a broad appeal
and you should state them boldly, and the point of a Conservative election is to do conservative things, not to do Labour things but slightly less damaging,
Richard Harris said that He had the right connections but trod the path and the slippery pole like everyone else,
He was, they said, "authentic." A decade ago, many Conservative Party leaders wanted nothing to do with Mr. Rees-Mogg.