Very well written article! I certainly agree with your definition of "populism" here, and think that more people should read this article so as to better understand what "populism" is really about...
In terms of the "bar test", there are a lot of people in politics who I could think of who would pass this test, though there are even more who I think wouldn't be able to pass the test.. let's just say that there's a reason for the popularity of Donald Trump, Boris Johnson or Doug Ford among working-class voters which eludes the "elites", and a major reason is that they pass the "bar test", while Hillary Clinton, Steven Del Duca and Rishi Sunak probably do not...
Very well written article! I certainly agree with your definition of "populism" here, and think that more people should read this article so as to better understand what "populism" is really about...
In terms of the "bar test", there are a lot of people in politics who I could think of who would pass this test, though there are even more who I think wouldn't be able to pass the test.. let's just say that there's a reason for the popularity of Donald Trump, Boris Johnson or Doug Ford among working-class voters which eludes the "elites", and a major reason is that they pass the "bar test", while Hillary Clinton, Steven Del Duca and Rishi Sunak probably do not...