> @not_on_fire said: > For all the results for local authority areas in England, tot up LD+Green+CHUK on the one hand, and Brex+Ukip on the other. > > > > If things carry on the way they are going, then pretty much all of the areas where Remain is ahead will be "Liberal" areas, and those where Leave is ahead will be "Tory" areas. And I'm not talking about present-day Lib Dems and Conservatives, I'm talking about the ideological successors of the current system. > > > > This split will end up restructuring politics, long-term, along an entrenched cultural divide. > > > > Ulsterization, part 33 in an ongoing series... > > We’re heading for a system with Democratic and Republican parties, just with different names
You are probably right. Its not about class, economics or left vs right anymore - its essentially a culture war. London/Scotland/big cities vs rural and suburban England and Wales.
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> It has been about so much more than that and the fact you don't see that shows just how one eyed your view is.
You're fooling yourself.
> For all the results for local authority areas in England, tot up LD+Green+CHUK on the one hand, and Brex+Ukip on the other.
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> We’re heading for a system with Democratic and Republican parties, just with different names
You are probably right. Its not about class, economics or left vs right anymore - its essentially a culture war. London/Scotland/big cities vs rural and suburban England and Wales.