Fishing boats sit moored on the sea bed at low tide in the harbor in St. Ives.
Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/BloombergBritain’s Liberal Enclaves Are Turning Tory
The traditional third party of British politics is fighting for relevance.
In the small fishing village of Mousehole, assistant harbormaster Bill Johnson dismisses most of what is being said in the run-up to the U.K. election as “a lot of gobbledygook.”
Gibberish aside, the 60-year-old is clear on one thing. A year after voting for Brexit, he’s turning from the Liberal Democrats to the Conservatives, the only party he trusts to complete Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union.