Connect with us

Aggregation

Boris Johnson Joins Trump in Redefining Conservatism

Published

on

Photo of Boris Johnson
Share with friends

Subscription

Boris Johnson’s big election victory this week drove another nail into the coffin of the brand of conservative politics Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher first rode to power four decades ago.
As Mr. Johnson’s decisive win in a hotly contested national election illustrated, the conservative movement in the West now has become markedly more populist and nationalist, and appeals to a distinctly more working-class constituency. Fiscal restraint, once a cardinal tenet of conservatism, matters less; rewriting the rules that have governed the global economy matters more.

Read More →

Continue Reading
Advertisement GVwire