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Eingetragen von Warren Buffett, 12.6.17 09:09
The Worlds Unlikeliest Socialists

The residents of Kensington make unlikely socialists.

Kensington Palace is the official residence of Britain’s future king, William. The West London district is home to bankers, celebrities and aristocrats of all nations drawn to its immaculate Georgian squares, tasteful luxury shops and easy access to the green spaces of Hyde Park. Even in one of the world’s most expensive cities, the cost of admission is eye-watering: 1.3 million pounds ($1.7 million) is the price of the median home, with the finer places going for many times that.

Despite those blue-blooded credentials, Kensington rejected the Conservative Party for the first time ever in last week’s election. The Labour Party, led by unabashed socialist Jeremy Corbyn, won by 20 votes out of 39,000.

The stunning rebuff for a party that took 52 percent against Labour’s 31 percent just two years ago represents the latest example of how Brexit has upended British politics. Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May’s appeal to nationalism felt like a slap in the face to a district that relies on international flows of talent, ideas and money. Billionaires like Len Blavatnik and Roman Abramovich own homes there, as do boldfaced names like David Beckham and Robbie Williams.

“For people here to vote Labour is a huge shock,” said Paul Thompson, a 58-year-old academic out for a Sunday stroll on Gloucester Road, whose upmarket businesses have names like Coco Momo and Fait Maison. Thompson marked his ballot “for Labour, not for Corbyn” because of May’s rhetoric. “This city has incredible financial industries, creative industries, and phenomenal universities, and it all depends on being open to the world.”

Borwick’s Brexit

It didn’t help that the Conservatives’ candidate, Lady Victoria Borwick, was a fervent advocate of leaving the European Union -- in contrast to a pair of ex-Tory political leaders who live in the Kensington constituency, former Prime Minister David Cameron and his chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne.

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