The thing is, if you elect what is now known as a ‘populist’, expect populist policies. You’ll find out what a populist policy is if you spend any time in the back of a London cab or in pubs with large TVs on the wall and/or Nigel Farage propping up the bar.
For instance, everyone’s buying Mercs instead of Fords; so make Mercs 25% more expensive, and they’ll all buy Fords instead. Or, send home all the immigrants and there’ll be more jobs/houses/room in A&E for everyone else.
Funnily enough, both have been tried before and both had unintended consequences. But, no doubt, both will be tried again and guess what…
