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The irony of this is that the state of the market was the Tory's fault. They have weakened the pound and economic growth in the wake of the referendum they called, then further weakened confidence with their handling of it.
This is just a surge because a lot of people were speculating on the pound.
It would be nice if the Tories were actually held to account. A lot of their campaign promises were in essence to repair the damage they had done since 2010 but somehow they are not to blame. Somehow their Islamophobia was not nearly as serious as Labour anti-Semitism. Somehow their unprincipled leader wasn't as bad as Labour's principled one.
I say somehow but I know how. Because of Rupert Murdoch and a biased media. Because the money wanted them to win. Because the status quo in the country is geared towards making sure the Tories win. Because of a expensive and dubious propaganda machine which normalised the whopping lies they repeatedly told. Because of Farage backing off and not running against Tory incumbents.
But then Labour failed, Corbyn failed, it was an interesting experiment for a while and they was just a glimmer of hope he had pulled it off in 2017, then that unholy pact with the DUP scuppered their chance. And for me mostly because we never really knew what Labour's position was on Brexit.
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From what I've seen on my social media from Tory voters of a broad spectrum, working class, children of millionaires, and "self made" millionaires, their view that the market's response to a Tory win is justification that they were right and Labour are wrong.
From questioning that, they believe that strength in the market will boost our economy and thus make the country better.
Their world view is that a stronger market provides a better economy which creates more jobs.
Capitalism has won I guess, trickle down is the only solution that the majority in this country will believe.