Populist demagogues of the Jenrick/Reform stamp seduce with appeals to “anti-elite” emotions, only to betray supporters as cannon fodder once in power. As money flows to the hyper-rich in the US under Donald Trump, the trickery in Reform’s tax-and-spend policies would similarly reward better-off people most. But Nigel Farage is adept at the theatrics of class, brandishing a pint and last week opposing a tougher drink-drive limit as an assault by Labour’s “Islington, north London, bicycling classes” on British pub culture in rural areas. The irony is that this Labour cabinet, as it earnestly strives to save lives on the road, has the most working-class origins ever, but it lacks that bogus working-class blokey swagger of the Dulwich College city trader.