The picture is far more complex than that, says Guardian columnist Gary Younge

Trump and Brexit are products of a political and economic crisis. He also writes a monthly column, Beneath the Radar, for the Nation magazine and is the Alfred Knobler Fellow for The Nation Institute. He is also the Alfred Knobler Fellow for Type Media in America.
Formerly a columnist at The Guardian he has been appointed Professor of sociology at Manchester University. Gary Younge is an author, broadcaster and editor-at-large for The Guardian, based in London. But this was a disaster decades in the making It’s not enough to blame Jeremy Corbyn, Brexit or the media.

The Long Read: On the day after the referendum, many Britons woke up feeling that the country had changed overnight. He also writes a monthly column, Beneath the Radar, for the Nation magazine and is the Alfred Knobler Fellow for The Nation Institute. Justin McCurry discusses ex-Nissan boss’s new life on the run, and Gary Younge looks back on the opportunities he had as he bows out after 26 years at the Guardian Podcast Published: 13 Jan 2020 Gary Younge is an award-winning author, broadcaster and academic based in London. The left needs to locate them in that context and offer a solution for the future, not a lament for the past. It’s not Brexit that’s caused the crisis in our politics; it’s the crisis in our politics that’s made Brexit possible. Many working-class leavers were not motivated by self-interest, but by values, says Guardian columnist Gary Younge Topics.
Gary Younge is an author, broadcaster and editor-at-large for The Guardian, based in London. ... • Gary Younge is a Guardian columnist.

As Theresa May is discovering, the UK’s overblown sense of its place in the world has led to us overplaying our hand, says Guardian columnist Gary Younge