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Brexit blame game risks destroying our democracy
By casting Parliament as the people’s enemy, Johnson is recklessly creating space for the far right to thrive, warns CHARLEY ALLAN

AS TORY election strategies go, “people versus Parliament” is possibly the most dangerous and divisive narrative since “strivers versus skivers.”

Both soundbites tear at the fabric of civilised society, but while David Cameron was content to turn the working poor against the unemployed, Boris Johnson seems prepared to destroy democracy itself to hold on to power.

Parliament has indeed been locked in conflict for years — but against the government, not the people. As Jeremy Corbyn says: “Parliament is the people.”

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