I’m just constantly struck by the constant disconnect between the main narrative (presented here) of national and widespread discontent about immigration, vs the reality of the protests small, generally met by larger counter protests. Likewise the narrative of Reform’s dominance vs the reality.
Basically I don’t know if immigration really *is* the thing everyone is talking about in angry, frustrated terms, or if that’s just how it appears to me, or appears to those setting the news agenda, or how they want it to appear. It’s not what we talk about while watching our kid’s play football.
It seems to me most people are talking about AI most of the time tbh
It's all quite odd, I agree. My operating assumption is that our media/political class have gone insane while the rest of the country hasn't.