What's left?: Matthew Parris contrasts the politicians, the broadsheet journalists, the insiders, so 'curiously decadent', with Pim Fortuyn's constituency, the nervous, the insecure, the nostalgic.
According to Parris, a sense of not belonging leads to two contradictory responses. Those left behind, left outside, yearn to conform. At the same time, they yearn to break free. A perfect mix for populism with an authoritarian streak. [Times - Reg Req].
