Liam Byrne has a good line on populism:
'Populism today is not simply a movement of grievance. It is a venture, with investors and revenue models. It thrives on the same forces that have reshaped global finance: speed, scale, opacity and the monetising of volatility....
[And] they are incentivised to keep countries in a permanent state of agitation. When volatility becomes the product, calm becomes the enemy'!
Populism is essentially disaster capitalism
p.s. Yes that's the same Liam Byrne who left the infamous 'I'm afraid there's no money' note used by the coalition to stables a narrative justifying austerity.... but on this, at least, he's saying something more sensible!
That was a silly own goal by Liam which fed directly into the Tory narrative that brought us austerity.
I won't forgive him for that.
Which is why I include the ps. Not sure I can either... however insightful his analysis of populism might be
Well, you could say that of anyone who signs an article or publication.... in the same way I might say post attributed to @Axomamma - unless you have proof of him not writing his own work then we're disappearing down a rabbit hole... how do we even know this is me typing this (perhaps my posts should carry the tagline: analysis attributed to Chris May). I think when something appears in the press & is signed we may suspect its ghost written but without proof we can just take it?
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
Christopher Linfoot
Axomamma, Antifa from birth
Just Tom... 🐁