The Book Thread

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It wasn’t me although it looks an interesting read.

Just looked for it and it was @tesh

UK Politics Thread (Part 2)

For a long time I was unsure of why poorer people would vote for the conservatives and their policies, which seem to be quite counter to their well being and or long term prosperity. A number of board members have commented on this in a slightly different context in the US thread but I couldn’t quite crystallise the information. I recently came across a passage in a book I’m reading (the first one I’ve read in a long, long time… “The Poverty Safari”) that potentially provides a simple (though n…