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The revenge of the middle-class anti-elitist

6 mins | Feb 20, 2020

Why did the comfortably well-off vote for Trump, Brexit and Italy’s Lega? Writing in the Financial Times, Simon Kuper explains why the anti-elitist middle class are being overlooked despite their monumental influence.

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