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The Politics of Fear: How disenfranchisement fuels support for Reform UK in south Wales (nation.cymru)

submitted 1 month ago by Navarian@lemm.ee to c/wales@lemm.ee

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For many, deep in the Valleys of South Wales, poverty is the grim reality of daily life.

Utility bills rise, school transport is cut, shops in the high-street close down and inflation bites. Austerity has done a lot to decimate the coalfields of Wales, leaving the population reeling in it’s wake.

These people are scared, poor, confused and unsure how to dig themselves out of this hole. Snake oil salesmen like Nigel Farage have opportunistically seized this shared plight in an attempt to elevate themselves materially and politically.

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[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's a good article, but very generous. I live in the valleys, and there are a lot of racist people here. They obviously won't admit it if you ask them, but talk to them in the pub, or read their Facebook posts, and you'll see the truth.

It genuinely makes me sad to see how accepted it is here these days

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Perhaps too generous, though I am holding out some hope that many of the people caught in the cynical political machine of Reform can still be pulled out of the spiral.

Ignorant, perhaps, but not beyond hope.

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

I really hope you're right