It is profoundly disconnected from conventional politics and all the better for that. Conventional politics failed the tower before the blaze and in the chaotic, shameful aftermath as well. Conventional politics represented the tyranny of the smug, the people for whom house prices were a store of wealth and pensions, not an insuperable barrier to a life a little less insecure. Conventional politics tried to lock out the angry survivors from council meetings, and had for years paid huge salaries to local civil servants who failed completely when the hour of crisis came. It can’t replace conventional politics entirely, but it doesn’t do what the government wants.

Source: The Guardian August 27, 2017 17:48 UTC