William Lindsey Mar 15

Kojo Koram reports on how resistance to US consumerism and its vulgarities "has now almost entirely disappeared, especially within the British right, which, in the age of social media, has been only too happy to embrace the language, the tactics and the grievances of the US culture war."

#UK #England #Britain #Trump #MAGA #Tories #Conservatives #CultureWars
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/15/british-conservatives-american-right-maga-trump

British conservatives once looked down on the American right. Now they’re riding on Maga’s coat-tails

Self-described UK patriots have spotted an opportunity for advancement and enrichment. That’s why so many outsource their identity to Trump, says author and academic Kojo Koram

The Guardian
Show threadSteve WoodsMar 15

@wdlindsy The British right has kowtowed to the US since at least the time of Thatcher.

The British right cannot be trusted.

Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 15
@wood5y And yet now, with Trump?? Trump, of all people??
Show threadBashStKid
@wdlindsy @wood5y They’re psychopaths. They can see power and money being firehosed onto fools.
It’s their life goal.
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