Trudeau aims to create “the first postnational state” where, in his own words “there is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada”, but only a list of vague shared values and shared public services everyone pays their taxes towards.
More unites these two voter groups than commentators suggest. The Government should be confident in crafting a message that appeals to both.
Labour isn’t focused on the second, preferring to blame others for problems, and too many of its activists aren’t the first, either.
The centre isn’t where he or ConservativeHome or anyone else wants it to be. It’s where it is – “Far From Notting Hill”.
English understatedness and reticence is all very well, but England isn’t the whole of the UK – and, like much else, Britishness needs its symbols.
It despises the very values of patriotism and economic self-improvement that made people like my grandparents vote for them.