More like populism is on a crash course. Manning points out that London voted 60% to remain in the EU while the countryside did not. But Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain as well and now they're talking independence. Wales, which voted for Brexit, is also talking about separation.

Manning may think he's a man of the people, but it was Thatcher who put all those coal miners out of work. And then she said taxpayers had no responsibility for their plight because there was no such thing as "society".

Manning, as always, has terrible timing. The Netherlands just rejected "populism". Trump's revolution seems bogged down by greed, conflicts of interest, and gross incompetence. It shouldn't surprise others, but Manning is an elitist. He's no populist. And Harper was a rich man who kept that very quiet. 

Revisionist history seems to be at the core of most fake news. Object to any of Manning's underlying assumptions and his arguments falls apart. Populism is a house built on sand.