Johnson and Cummings are able students of the new right that blends culture war with a raid on leftwing economics In the age of David Cameron and George Osborne, the left’s arguments seemed straightforward. Here was a slash-and-burn assault on the public realm, and an ideologically driven one at that. Despite initial claims that an attempt to drive government spending back to 1930s levels was simply an unavoidable necessity to save Britain from the fate of Greece, Cameron would later admit the objective was a permanently “leaner” state. At the centrepiece was an onslaught against the welfare system that targeted disabled people and, over time, low-paid workers, accompanied by an unrelentingly vicious campaign to demonise benefit claimants. Continue reading...
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