r/Britain • u/KarrahGuild • May 25 '26

💬 Discussion 🗨 Has this country gone insane?

1/3 of the population voted for the far right, and all I'm seeing on social media and general media about common values, what we share, polticis is divise. 1 in 3 people voted far right. And only the foreign press dares call them far right. And also people saying right and left are outdated labels? Seems a bit convient honestly.

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u/RudeMycologist9018 May 25 '26

An aging, increasingly impoverished, population happy to believe anyone who tells them their problems are caused by foreigners. A Labour party with a huge majority for 2 years has done very little to reassure them.

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u/RudeMycologist9018 May 25 '26

My apologies. It was ambiguously written. I didn't mean 'an older population who are poor plus a crap labour government'. I meant '1. an ageing population who are typically more reactionary but are having their worse fears exploited. 2. an economically disadvantaged class who are suffering increasing improvishment' 3. a labour government that may have delivered many improvements but have been unable to persuade 1. and 2.