In many ways, the Great Britain of the 20th century was an aberration. The country was anti-democratic throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Our country exists precisely because of that. That is it embracing right wing populism in the 21st century should be no surprise.
[bpfb_link url=’https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/opinion/britain-brexit-europe-germany.html’ title=’Opinion | Britain Has Lost Itself – The New York Times’ image=’https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/01/opinion/01gumbel/01gumbel-facebookJumbo.jpg’]My grandparents, who fled Nazi Germany for Britain, would be heartbroken to see the country today.[/bpfb_link]