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Britain’s parties cater to a voter who is, often literally, dead (www.economist.com)

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I thought this was a funny article. It's arguing that Britain's leading politicians pay too much attention to the opinions of voters who are now dead. Here's a quote:

Death had whittled away the Leave majority by 2019, according to one analysis. Among the ranks of the living, Brexit is seen as a clownish endeavour, even among those who supported it. Demography combined with the pointless, damaging reality of leaving the EU to kill Brexit Britain. Yet it lives on in the minds of the country’s politicians, where it is forever 2016.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It being forever 2016 it is a pretty good summary of Britain actually. And with trump back, it may as well be 2016 at the international level

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Esprit de corpse gave me a chuckle. Still I do fear I'll be decomposing before we're back in the EU