![]() Erratic employment, extreme weather, political shocks, the constant flux of life online: even for some privileged Britons, a degree of turbulence has become the modern condition. Since at least the 2008 financial crisis, daily life and its wider backdrop have become more disorderly for many people. ![]() It also distracts from the fact that the right’s closeness to many powerful English institutions and interests, from the press to big property developers, remains complacently intact.īut the public’s apparent tolerance for chaos may also have deeper causes. In an anti-establishment age, with Johnson’s the third Tory government in a row, creating turbulence may be the only way to make Conservatism seem fresh and exciting. ![]() Brexit, culture wars and “levelling up” are intended to upset the status quo – or at least to appear that way. ![]() Similarly, many of his policies are meant to be disruptive. ![]()
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