The right’s obsession with “the blob” shows it is losing
This conspiracy theory is the last resort of a populist movement desperate to avoid responsibility for its own failures.
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Martin Fletcher
Martin Fletcher is a former foreign editor of the Times and a contributing writer to the New Statesman.
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