I sense a crisis in UK politics.
There is the phenomenon of the Red Wall, a belt of working class heartlands which are turning Tory from their traditional Labour support. There is the nationalism of Brexit and the Scottish question, is the UK on the verge of inevitable break up?

The Tory’s have become populist and seem to be trying to gobble up any political ground, like a feeding frenzy. They seem to have Labour on the run.

But is this an expression of a deeper crisis of identity in the Tory party, the party of wealth, establishment and power. Since the financial crisis of 2008 the capitalist free market dream of the late 20th century has been questioned, perhaps broken. There is a sense that the people are having to pay for the mistakes of bankers, who are not being held to account and the pain of austerity doesn’t seem to be coming to an end.

The populists have blamed the cuts and running down of public services on immigration, crowding out those services. This is a lie which turns the people nationalist and xenophobic, leading to Brexit.

Is the Tory party trying to find a new narrative to convince the population to keep voting for them while the country becomes poorer and more unequal due to austerity. Are they paranoid of the rise of socialism coming after their wealth?

I think the political landscape will look quite different in a few years time. But will we be happy with the Tory rule again and accepting a more US style of politics and economy, or will we be turning socialist and rebuilding our country and real economy, more along social democratic lines and realigning with the EU?