This British reporter explains why the Left failed this time and why Trump won

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Jonathan Pie is a smug entertainer who claims that he's some kind of great leftist voice crying out in the wilderness when, in fact, he does little more than recycle the usual platitudes produced by the left (and to an extent liberals) whenever a right wing 'anti-establishment' (or indeed establishment) candidate wins another election. The main difference is that his shtick involves copious swearing and waving his arms around like a deranged lunatic.

Edit: More to the point, he is of course, as I said before, and entertainer first and a 'commentator' a long way down the list after that.