Trump and Brexit: parallel campaigns built on fear, anger and charisma

[herding cats]

Britain voted on Thursday to leave the European Union, after a campaign characterized by fear of immigration, anger over a perceived undemocratic bureaucracy and trust in a charismatic political outsider.
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If that sounds familiar, it’s because it is. You can’t fail to notice the parallels between Donald Trump’s Latino-and-Muslim-free vision of America and the desire of Nigel Farage, driver if not leader of the “Leave” campaign, to cleanse the UK of Poles, refugees and anyone else who can’t trace their British roots back to the bronze age.

The Brexit vote also revealed that the UK, like the US, is deeply divided. Sections of the voting population have drastically different opinions on the current state of their country and what its future should look like.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/25/donald-trump-nigel-farage-us-election-brexit

The author goes on to point out similarities in these areas:

Trump v Farage

Mexican cooks v Polish plumbers

Two fingers (or one) to the establishment

Age and social standing

Fury of the crappy towns

An (allegedly) distant, unrepresentative, bureaucratic government

It's worth the read if you've the time.