I’ve interviewed at length people in former mining towns. What they are crying out for is more progressive radicalism – not less, says senior research fellow Sacha Hilhorst
A lot of them just believe things at face value. “He said this, therefore it’s true”. It doesn’t require much attention to find the truth, but it seems to be too much to ask.
I do sometimes think a simple “I’m not a cunt” question should be on the top of ballot papers. Something like “Do you think poverty is bad?”. Something that shows the minimum amount of empathy with an unknown other.
They’re being sold the idea of “reform” which I think we can all agree we would like to see.
However, this party/company are not the ones to do it as they’re essentially lying about everything under a pretence of reform.
A lot of them just believe things at face value. “He said this, therefore it’s true”. It doesn’t require much attention to find the truth, but it seems to be too much to ask.
I do sometimes think a simple “I’m not a cunt” question should be on the top of ballot papers. Something like “Do you think poverty is bad?”. Something that shows the minimum amount of empathy with an unknown other.