Populism seductive if you want quick and easy answers

31 May 2016 - 09:58
By The Times Editorial

Populists attract followers with their empty grandiloquence but they are really nothing more than the voice of confusion with a megaphone. In this country we see the rise of populism in all sectors of society.It is worrying that there is always support at hand to prop up populists and massage their egos.

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