Values, Voice, and Virtue
Well-written and cogently argued, Matt Goodwin’s new book, “Values, Voice, and Virtue: The New British Politics” tells the British version of a story familiar to those of us in the United States.
Written by Bo Winegard.
Well-written and cogently argued, Matt Goodwin’s new book, “Values, Voice, and Virtue: The New British Politics” tells the British version of a story familiar to those of us in the United States.
In 2016, Donald Trump, a brash and boorish businessman with little knowledge of or respect for traditional conservativism, defied prevailing political wisdom all the way to the White House, revealing an angry and divided country more deeply polarized than pundits had imagined. His pugilistic populism appealed to many ordinary people who felt that the elite had become haughty and out-of-touch promoters of alien values. This same pugilism horrified the elite, who saw his victory as a baleful omen, a warning of a potentially imminent cataclysm.
