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The chasm between US Establishment politics and the daily struggles of working-class Americans continues to grow – but tactical errors by the left have led to worrying outcomes in recent elections, writes GLYN ROBBINS

WATCHING CNN recently summed up the true state of US society. On the main screen, chatter about the continuing wrangling in DC, the vacuous Cop26 summit and Donald Trump’s idiocy.  

Running on a ticker tape along the bottom, updates on the latest industrial dispute in what’s been termed “Striketober” and seems likely to become “Strikevember”!

The chasm between Establishment politics — reflected in the mass media — and the daily struggles of working-class Americans continues to grow.  

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