Like Trump, like Brexit, like bitcoin. The underdog challenges the system, for good or bad. Opinion polls have Theresa May leading the labour rival Jeremy Corbyn by a historic amount in the upcoming election in the UK .
Amongst a shockingly bias media campaign, Theresa may should have the election stitched up. Even traditional labour seats in mining towns are (turning)[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/23/general-election-2017-six-battlegrounds-could-shape-vote] conservative: as a vote for hard brexit; a vote for tightening immigration; a vote of fear and prejudice - flee UKIP.
Can she get away with it: its not like Theresa is helping herself with the latest manifesto promising:
- to legalise fox hunting
- take away free school meals for poor pupils
- make pensioners pay for social care
Just who is this appealing to?
Could we be seeing a new era in English politics?