Former UK Prime Minister Says Politics Has Changed

U. K. Prime Minister Tony Blair has recognized something that those in office either do not see or refuse to admit. Blair said at the Abu Dhabi conference that Donald Trump’s wins in the U. S. primary elections are disturbing for they illustrate that there is a rising popularity of insurgent political movements around the world. The mismanagement of decades of career politicians and the total state of complete corruption in every branch of government is pushing the population to rise up against the establishment everywhere. ‘Sometimes I look at politics today and wonder if I still understand it,’ Blair told the conference.

This post was published at Armstrong Economics on Mar 2, 2016.