Farage’s Reform UK: Pints for Votes, Champagne for Cash

Champagne Populism at its Finest: Spectacle for the Base, Access for the Wealthy, Normalisation of Extremism for Everyone Else

I get called a Champagne Socialist pretty regularly. At least once a week, a random Twitterer will pop up under a post of mine where I’ve said something. It doesn’t matter what really – I could be commenting on how full the tube was that day, or saying just how much I’ve enjoyed the summer, and up they’ll pop:

“You’re just a lefty Champagne Socialist!”

It…