33. David Owen, ‘Ethnic Minorities in Great Britain: Patterns of Population Change: 1981–91’, 1991 Census Statistical Paper No. 10, https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/crer/research/publications/nemda/nemda1991sp10.pdf.
34. G.K. Shaw, ‘Fiscal Policy Under the First Thatcher Administration 1979–1983’, FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis, New Series, Bd. 41, H. 2, 1983, https://www.jstor.org/stable/40911873?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents.
35. Jeremy Rifkin, The European Dream: How Europe’s Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream (New York: TarcherPerigee, 2005).
36. Timo Lochocki, ‘How the United Kingdom Independence Party’s One Seat Has the Power to Change British and European Politics’, Policy Brief, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Vol. 2, http://www.gmfus.org/file/5884/download.
37. ‘The Nigel Farage Story’, BBC News, 4 July 2016, http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36701855.
38. ‘The Nigel Farage Story’, BBC News, 4 July 2016, http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36701855.
39. ‘Vote 2014: UK European Election Results’, BBC News, http://www.bbc.com/news/events/vote2014/eu-uk-results.
40. Patrick Wintour and Nicholas Watt, ‘Ukip Wins European Elections with Ease to Set off Political Earthquake’, Guardian, 25 May 2014, https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/26/ukip-european-elections-political-earthquake.
41. Nicholas Watt, ‘David Cameron Rocked by Record Rebellion as Europe Splits Tories Again’, Guardian, 24 October 2011, https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/oct/24/david-cameron-tory-rebellion-europe.
42. Brian Wheeler, ‘The David Cameron Story’, BBC News, 12 September 2016, http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36540101.
43. Michael Ashcroft and Isabel Oakeshott. Call Me Dave: The Unauthorized Biography of David Cameron (London, UK: Biteback Publishing, 2015).
44. Margaret Thatcher, ‘House of Commons Speech: EEC Membership (Referendum)’, Speech, 11 March 1975.
45. Francis Elliott and James Hanning, ‘The Many Faces of Mr Cameron’, Daily Mail, 17 March 2007, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-442913/The-faces-Mr-Cameron.html.
46. Matt Dathan, ‘David Cameron and Boris Johnson Told They’re Elitist and Out of Touch because They Went to Eton’, Independent, 5 May 2015, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/general-election-2015-watch-david-cameron-and-boris-johnson-being-told-theyre-elitist-and-out-of-10226546.html.
47. Michael Ashcroft and Isabel Oakeshott, Call Me Dave: The Unauthorized Biography of David Cameron (London, UK: Biteback Publishing, 2015).
48. Ibid.
49. ‘Bullingdon Club: The Secrets of Oxford University’s Elite’, Week, 10 April 2017, http://www.theweek.co.uk/65410/bullingdon-club-the-secrets-of-oxford-universitys-elite-society.
50. Rowena Mason, ‘David Cameron Publicly Denies Lord Ashcroft Pig Allegation for First Time’, Guardian, 27 September 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/27/david-cameron-denies-lord-ashcroft-allegations-call-me-dave-dead-pig.
51. Carol Brennan, ‘Cameron, David’, in Newsmakers: 2012 Cumulation, edited by Laura Avery (Detroit: Gale, 2012), pp. 91–4.
52. David Cameron, ‘Speech to the Conservative Conference 2005’, Speech, 4 October 2005.
53. ‘Cameron Chosen As New Tory Leader,’ BBC News, 6 December 2005, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4502652.stm.
54. David Cameron, ‘Speech to the Conservative Conference 2005’, Speech, 4 October 2005.
55. Germania Rodriguez, ‘Brexit Is a Warning to Young American Voters’, National Memo, 24 June 2016, http://www.nationalmemo.com/brexit-is-a-warning-to-young-american-voters/.
56. Simon Shuster/Margate, ‘The U.K.’s Old Decided for the Young in the Brexit Vote’, Time, 24 June 2016, http://time.com/4381878/brexit-generation-gap-older-younger-voters/.
57. Nigel Farage, ‘Nigel Farage: My Public School Had a Real Social Mix, but Now Only the Mega-rich Can Afford the Fees’, Telegraph, extracted from The Purple Revolution: The Year that Changed Everything (London: Biteback Publishing, 2015), 14 March 2015, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage/11467039/Nigel-Farage-My-public-school-had-a-real-social-mix-but-now-only-the-mega-rich-can-afford-the-fees.html.
58. Nick Cohen, ‘Nigel Farage Is a phoney. Scrutinise Him and He’ll Crumble’, Guardian, 26 April 2014, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/26/nigel-farage-phoney-scrutinise-him-ukip.
59. David Cameron, Resignation Speech, 24 June 2016.
60. ‘Theresa May’s Full Announcement on Calling Snap Election’, BBC News, 18 April 2017, http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-politics-39627177/theresa-may-s-full-announcement-on-calling-snap-election.
61. Russell Goldman, ‘Key Points about a Snap Election in Britain’, New York Times, 18 April 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/europe/britain-snap-election-brexit-theresa-may-questions.html.
62. Theresa May, Speech, 28 April 2016.
63. James Masters, ‘Northern Ireland Party Agrees to Prop up Theresa May’s UK Government,’ CNN, 26 June 2017, https://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/26/europe/theresa-may-dup-deal/index.html.
64. Ben Chapman, ‘UK Now the Worst-performing Advanced Economy in the World Post-Brexit Vote Slump’, Independent, 1 June 2017, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-worst-performing-advanced-economy-world-post-brexit-slump-election-pound-sterling-a7766286.html.
65. Oliver Staley and Jenny Anderson, ‘London’s Future As a Global Financial Center Is Now in Doubt’, Quartz, 24 June 2016, https://qz.com/716128/londons-future-as-a-global-financial-center-is-now-in-doubt/.
66. ‘Cities with the Most Fortune 500 Companies’, Worldatlas.com, https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/cities-with-the-most-company-headquarters.html.
67. Richard Partington, ‘UK Businesses Told to Expect Workforce Crisis after Brexit’, Guardian, 29 March 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/mar/29/uk-businesses-workforce-crisis-brexit-young-workers.
68. ‘Sturgeon: Hard Brexit “Dead in the Water”’, BBC.com, 30 January 2018, http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42865430.
69. Ibid.
70. Chris McCall, ‘Brexit “Will Not Be Constitutional Game Changer” for SNP’, Scotsman, 31 January 2018, https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/brexit-will-not-be-constitutional-game-changer-for-snp-1-4678181.
71. Andrew Whitaker, ‘“Scotland Is the Powerbroker When It Comes to Brexit”: Labour Grandee Says Scottish Government Is Key to Forcing Second EU Referendum’, Sunday Herald, 14 January, http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15826834.___Sturgeon_is_key_to_securing_second_EU_referendum_____says_Lord_Adonis/.
72. ‘Divided Over Brexit, Northern Ireland Marks Year with No Government’, AFP, 9 January 2018, https://mg.co.za/article/2018-01-09-divided-over-brexit-nireland-marks-year-with-no-government.
73. Adapted from a statement made by Roberto Savio, IPS founder and president emeritus, on 14 December 2017, at the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue, as a panellist on ‘Migration and Human Solidarity, a Challenge and an Opportunity for Europe and the MENA Region’.
74. William James, ‘UK’s May to Pitch Status Quo Brexit Transition to Parliament’, Reuters, 18 December 2017, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-may/uks-may-to-pitch-status-quo-brexit-transition-to-parliament-idUSKBN1EC009.
75. British Empire Overview, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/empire/intro/overview2.htm.
Chapter 3: Trump and the Global Delusional Order
1. Katie Reilly, ‘Read Hillary Clinton’s “Basket of Deplorables” Remarks about Donald Trump supporters’, Time, 10 September 2016, http://time.com/4486502/hillary-clinton-basket-of-deplorables-transcript/.
2. Barack Obama, Speech at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, 30 April 2011, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2011/05/01/president-s-speech-white-house-correspondents-dinner.
3. Ibid.
4. Michael, D. Shear, �
�Obama Releases Long-Form Birth Certificate.’ New York Times, 27 April 2011, https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/us/politics/28obama.html.
5. Arlie R. Hochschild, Strangers in their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right (New York: The New Press, 2016).
6. ‘2008 Presidential Election Map’, New York Times, 9 December 2008, https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2008/results/president/map.html.
7. ‘2012 Presidential Election Map’, New York Times, 29 November 2012, https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2012/results/president.html.
8. Adam Gopnik, ‘Trump and Obama: A Night to Remember’, New Yorker, 12 September 2015, https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/trump-and-obama-a-night-to-remember.
9. Roxanne Roberts, ‘I Sat Next to Donald Trump at the Infamous 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner’, Washington Post, 28 April 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/i-sat-next-to-donald-trump-at-the-infamous-2011-white-house-correspondents-dinner/2016/04/27/5cf46b74-0bea-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6d8faaadd375.
10. Maggie Haberman and Alexander Burns, ‘Donald Trump’s Presidential Run Began in an Effort to Gain Stature’, New York Times, 12 March 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/us/politics/donald-trump-campaign.html.
11. Ibid.
12. Tim Meko, Denise Lu and Lazaro Gamio, ‘How Trump Won the Presidency with Razor-thin Margins in Swing States’, Washington Post, 11 November 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/swing-state-margins/.
13. ‘Political Polarization in the American Public’, Pew Research Center, 12 June 2014, http://www.people-press.org/2014/06/12/political-polarization-in-the-american-public/.
14. Ibid.
15. Arlie R. Hochschild, Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right (New York: The New Press, 2016), p.35.
16. Ibid, p. 47.
17. Ibid, p 14.
18. Ibid, p. 106.
19. David Brooks, ‘The G.O.P. Rejects Conservatism’, New York Times, 27 June 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/opinion/the-gop-rejects-conservatism.html.
20. John B. Judis, The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics (New York: Columbia Global Reports, 2016), p. 20.
21. Arlie R. Hochschild, Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right (New York: The New Press, 2016), p. 137.
22. ‘Trump, Clinton Voters Divided in Their Main Source for Election News’, Pew Research Center, 18 January 2017, http://www.journalism.org/2017/01/18/trump-clinton-voters-divided-in-their-main-source-for-election-news/.
23. Arlie R. Hochschild, Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right (New York: The New Press, 2016), p. 15.
24. ‘Aftermath: Sixteen Writers on Trump’s America: Essays by Toni Morrison, Atul Gawande, Hilary Mantel, George Packer, Jane Mayer, Jeffrey Toobin, Junot Diaz and More’, New Yorker, 21 November 2016, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/21/aftermath-sixteen-writers-on-trumps-america.
25. Stephen Wertheim, ‘Quit Calling Donald Trump an Isolationist. He’s worse than That’, Washington Post, 17 February 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/02/17/quit-calling-donald-trump-an-isolationist-its-an-insult-to-isolationism/?utm_term=.35ae89d313de.
26. Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz, The Art of the Deal (New York: Random House, 1987), p. 72.
27. Michael E. Miller, ‘50 Years Later, Disagreements over Young Trump’s Military Academy Record’, Washington Post, 9 January 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decades-later-disagreement-over-young-trumps-military-academy-post/2016/01/09/907a67b2-b3e0-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.html?utm_term=.c080a90b0559.
28. Ibid.
29. Tony Schwartz, ‘I Wrote “The Art of the Deal” with Trump. His Self-sabotage Is Rooted in His Past’, Washington Post, 16 May 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/05/16/i-wrote-the-art-of-the-deal-with-trump-his-self-sabotage-is-rooted-in-his-past/?utm_term=.3e861ad417bd.
30. Konstantin Kilibarda and Daria Roithmayr, ‘The Myth of the Rust Belt Revolt’, Slate, 1 December 2016, http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/12/the_myth_of_the_rust_belt_revolt.html.
31. Russell Berman, ‘The Invisible Democratic Majority’, Atlantic, 8 April 2015, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/democrats-dont-vote/389898/.
32. Thomas Frank, Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2016).
33. Tom Leonard and David Gardner, ‘Republican Tsunami: Democrats Lose Control of the House as Voters Slam Obama with Worst Losses for 62 Years’, Daily Mail, 3 November 2010, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1326053/MID-TERM-ELECTIONS-2010-Democrats-lose-House-Republican-tsunami.html.
34. Musa Al-Gharbi, ‘The Democratic Party Is Facing A Demographic Crisis’, The Conversation, 2 March 2017, http://theconversation.com/the-democratic-party-is-facing-a-demographic-crisis-72948.
35. ‘Presidential Election Results: Donald J. Trump Wins’, New York Times, 9 August 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president.
36. ‘President Map’, New York Times, 29 November 2012, https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2012/results/president.html.
37. ‘President Map’, New York Times, 2008, https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2008/results/president/map.html.
38. Nate Cohn, ‘A 2016 Review: Turnout Wasn’t the Driver of Clinton’s Defeat’, New York Times, 28 March 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/upshot/a-2016-review-turnout-wasnt-the-driver-of-clintons-defeat.html.
39. Jonathan Martin and Patrick Healy, ‘Championing Optimism, Obama Hails Clinton as His Political Heir’, New York Times, 27 July 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/us/politics/dnc-biden-kaine-obama.html.
40. Musa Al-Gharbi, ‘The Democratic Party Is Facing A Demographic Crisis’, The Conversation, 2 March 2017, http://theconversation.com/the-democratic-party-is-facing-a-demographic-crisis-72948.
41. ‘General Election: Trump vs Sanders’, RealClear Politics, https://realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_sanders-5565.html.
42. John B. Judis, The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics (New York: Columbia Global Reports, 2016), p. 15.
43. Ibid.
44. Clare Foran, ‘Bernie Sanders’s Big Money’, Atlantic, 1 March 2016, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/bernie-sanders-fundraising/471648/.
45. Margaret Talbot, ‘The Populist Prophet’, New Yorker, 12 October 2015, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/12/the-populist-prophet.
46. John B. Judis, The Populist Explosion: How The Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics (New York: Columbia Global Reports, 2016).
47. Margaret Talbot, ‘The Populist Prophet’, New Yorker, 12 October 2015, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/12/the-populist-prophet.
48. ‘Trump Appears to Mock Reporter’s Disability’, Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com/85160455-157.html.
49. Katie Reilly, ‘Here Are All the Times Donald Trump Insulted Mexico’, Time, 31 August 2016, http://time.com/4473972/donald-trump-mexico-meeting-insult/.
50. Jay Willis, ‘The Professor Who Predicted Donald Trump’s Presidency Is Convinced He Will Be Impeached’, GQ, 17 April 2017, https://www.gq.com/story/allan-lichtman-interview-trump-impeachment.
51. ‘Official 2016 Presidential General Election Results’, Federal Election Commission, https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/federalelections2016.pdf.
52. ‘Judge Blocks Trump’s Transgender Military Ban’, BBC News, 30 October 2017, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41808561.
53. Sophie Tatum, ‘White House Announces Policy to Ban Most Transgender People from Serving in Military’, CNN, 24 March 2018, https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/23/politics/transgender-white-house/index.html.
54. Statement by Pres
ident Trump on the Paris Climate Accord, 1 June 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-president-trump-paris-climate-accord/.
55. Statement by President Trump on Jerusalem, 6 December 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-president-trump-jerusalem/.
56. ‘President Donald J. Trump Is Ending United States Participation in an Unacceptable Deal’, WhiteHouse.gov, 8 May 2018, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-ending-united-states-participation-unacceptable-iran-deal/.
57. Joseph Carroll, ‘1/3 of Americans Say US Supreme Court Is “Too Conservative”’, Gallup, 2 October 2007, https://news.gallup.com/poll/28861/onethird-americans-say-us-supreme-court-too-conservative.aspx. Further, Justice Neil Gorsuch, appointed by President Trump in January 2017, has lived up to conservative expectations (Richard Wolf, ‘Justice Gorsuch Confirms Conservatives’ Hopes, Liberals’ Fears in First Year on Supreme Court’, USA Today, 8 April 2018, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/08/justice-gorsuch-confirms-conservatives-hopes-liberals-fears-first-year-supreme-court/486630002/). Moreover, given Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced his retirement, Trump’s hand has been further strengthened (‘Anthony Kennedy Retiring from Supreme Court’, CNBC, 27 June 2018, https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/27/anthony-kennedy-retiring-from-supreme-court.html).
58. Quint Forgey, ‘Democrats’ Edge over GOP in Midterms Waning, Poll Finds’, Politico, 16 April 2018, https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/16/poll-midterms-2018-democrats-republicans-526287.
59. Chris Megerian, ‘Pivotal Moments in Mueller’s Trump Investigation: 5 Guilty Pleas, 17 Indictments, and More’, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2018, http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-na-mueller-investigation-one-year/.
60. Andrew Prokop, ‘Michael Cohen: Trump’s Fix-it Guy and FBI Raid Subject Explained’, Vox, 13 June 2018, https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/11/17218010/michael-cohen-raid-fbi-trump-mueller-explained.
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