(..but still looking gorgeous. )

It really is an absolutely hideous time in history.

It will get worse.

The Extreme Far Right is on the rise and a fucking dumbed down population (I blame the Internet) is oblivious to what is happening.

Absolute oafs. liars and chancers like Farage get attention and even wield power. Decades ago a complete creep like this would have been laughed out of town. Never tolerated in Britain. that's for sure.

Don't get me started on the dreadful "Tommy Robinson" rabble.

Decades ago I drove my pal to Knightsbridge court when he appeared on a drink driving charge. I had to drag him out of one court where the Nazi Martin Webster was appearing on some charge. My pal (Jewish) was sitting among Webster's Skin Head supporters (my friend was in Heaven...like Quentin Crisp surrounded by sailors).

People like Webster were tolerated as a sort of outlet..now they are applauded and have power.

The late 1960s (so brief) until the early 1990s were an era of fun. Probably like the 20s until Fascism started to rise in Europe.

We're all going to Hell in a Handbasket ! (not me..too old )

Discuss.

I definitely agree that things seem to have become dummed down. Perhaps society has become more oafish too (so much effing and blinding now that I can't remember ever hearing decades ago). Would TV programmes like Jeremy Kyle, Big Brother, Weakest Link, etc. that involve public humiliation have been so popular decades ago? But maybe they would. Can't help wondering whether social fragmentation has helped fuel the rise of the likes of Farage and Robinson, e.g. broken homes, unemployment, poverty, food banks, etc. (Possibly fewer parents instilling decent values in their kids - but have no evidence of that?) A legacy of Thatcher and "no such thing as society"? On the other hand, UKIP's supporters apparently tend to come from the older generation:

Ukip supporters are 55 or older, white and socially conservative, finds British Social Attitudes Report ("75 per cent are in favour of restoring the death penalty"* )

(* was thinking about this the other day. Imagine if the referendum had been about the death penalty, if the pro-death-penalty side had won and anti-death-penalty politicians had backed down and rolled over, claiming it was the "will of the people" and had to be implemented! I wonder if the fact that many Remain politicians seem to have cast their convictions aside is a reflection of a deterioration in decent values.)

Regarding the rise of the far right, some good news from Austria:
Far-right vice-chancellor caught on secret video
Vice-chancellor resigns and chancellor calls for snap election
Heinz-Christian Strache’s downfall weakens Europe’s far-right