Gee: Pierre Poilievre’s tribute to old wood shows how our politics is straying into the twilight zone /via globeandmail
The internet is having a good chuckle over Pierre Poilievre’s latest video, in which he waxes poetic about some old planks. We all need a laugh these days, but this is serious stuff. It shows how quickly our politics are straying into the twilight zone.
Most attempts by politicians to connect with voters this way are awkward, even embarrassing. Think of Andrew Scheer’s painful attempts to mix with ordinary folks a couple of elections back. Either that or they are so scripted as to be almost robotic, like many of the Prime Minister’s appearances. Mr. Poilievre has the knack of looking natural and at ease when he makes his pitch, a great gift in the era of Twitter and TikTok.
No one who has the least paid attention to what is going on in the world’s democracies over the past few years can fail to hear the echoes here. Brexiteers like the unlamented Boris Johnson told British voters that leaving the European Union would help them “take back control” of their lives. The still-dangerous Donald Trump railed against media, corporate and government “elites.” Mr. Poilievre does, too.
He has said that he will ban ministers in his government from going to the World Economic Forum, a favourite punching bag for conspiracy theorists. He recently walked alongside an army veteran who marched to Ottawa to protest vaccine mandates. “People should have the freedom to make their own decisions with their own bodies,” Mr. Poilievre said.
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