[ZeroGravitas]

In the UK, the political party (which is a actually a privately owned company) owned by the guy who drove the initial wave of Brexit is apparently topping the polls now.

The only policy they talk about is getting rid of all the immigrants because that's what caused all the problems, not decades of right wing government culminating in Brexit.

But underdeath that is the usual US-style Turbo capitalism stuff like destroying the NHS and handing it over to American corporations.

[dgb23]

Also not surprisingly immigration increased after Brexit. It has always been a wedge issue and a red herring for those in power.

[ben_w]

> In the UK, the political party (which is a actually a privately owned company) owned by the guy who drove the initial wave of Brexit is apparently topping the polls now.

Oh god. There I was thinking it couldn't get worse and hoping you'd made a mistake, but no, you're right, somehow it is.

[pjc50]

Reform is such a corporate op. It's so obviously astroturf .. but the media are also astroturfing it, because the hate for immigrants is universal.

[hn_throwaway_99]

Damn, you're right :( Thanks for killing my attempts at holding on to some threads of optimism! (Being sarcastic, but really I'm just laugh/crying). Oh well, guess I should just stock up on more boxed wine...

[girvo]

The right wing party will take power in Australia shortly too, for similar idiotic reasons.