The end of trust in our political class
One of the worrying things about Britain is that our diffuse support for the political system was on the wane long before the Brexit vote.
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Matthew Goodwin
Matthew Goodwin is professor of politics at the University of Kent. His work includes Brexit: Why Britain Voted to Leave the European Union (2017) and National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy (2018).
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