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it could mean that they're going to pander to every little-England, Daily Mail-reading, petty, xenophobic, mean-spirited, and generally shitty sentiment that they detect in their voters in order to build a Trump-style base of irredeemable cuntbaskets.
... because that’s what voters in leave areas respond to?
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... because that’s what voters in leave areas respond to?
Some of them, yes. Read the comments in the twitter links that some people have posted and tell me that's not true. The conservatives effectively out-Brexitted the Brexit party, so it's entirely possible that they will continue to try to appeal to those who voted for Brexit for entirely shitty reasons (for example, see the twitter comments lamenting the fact that we haven't withdrawn all international development funding).
That said I suspect the government will try to please both camps by also pleasing those who have entirely reasonable grievances about the state of their communities and may have voted for Brexit simply out of desire for things to somehow change. If that pulls them back towards the centre, then that would be lovely, but I'm not overly optimistic.
ffm
It's only just occurred to me that when Boris said he wanted to "earn the trust of those who had lent us their votes" it can be interpreted in several ways. Most optimistically it could mean that the tories will invest in "forgotten" areas, do their best to protect jobs and public services and generally be less tory-ish. Alternatively, it could mean that they're going to pander to every little-England, Daily Mail-reading, petty, xenophobic, mean-spirited, and generally shitty sentiment that they detect in their voters in order to build a Trump-style base of irredeemable cuntbaskets.
Which will it turn out to be folks? Let's watch!