The biggest ‘fuck you’ vote in history

Donald Trump's election win was driven by the same rage that fuelled the Brexit vote in Britain last June, and it was equally heedless of consequences.

Populists like Boris Johnson in England and Donald Trump in the United States are just exploiting emotions, but they are barking up the wrong tree, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture of CNN by Kate Malloy

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

November 14, 2016

LONDON, ENGLAND—Not many things are certain in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s narrow victory in the U.S. presidential election, but FBI director James Comey can rest assured that his job is safe. His prediction of a new investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails 11 days before the election ...

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