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It's a double-edged sword though. Essentially we've seen a bloc of right-wing voters stirred into action by an anti-social(ist?) bribe. This time it was the congestion charge issue, in the past it's been things like the right to turn social housing stock into personal capital. Or how about patriotic incitement to vote via invading teensy tiny islands on the other side of the world?
Sometimes I think it would easy for progressive-looking community-minded politicians/parties to manipulate their way into power by massaging the egos of the self-serving fuckwits amongst the electorate whilst quietly implementing the kind of policies they find the idea of so unbearable.