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Cause-play (verb)
When a politician cosplays as a particular group (farmer, factory worker, etc) to try and pretend they give a shit about their cause.

e.g.
"Did you see Nigel Farage strutting around London in wellies and wax jacket? What a cause-playing twat"

thelondoneconomic.com/news/nig

The London Economic · Nigel Farage turns up to farmers' rally and everyone says the same thingNigel Farage was one of several high-profile political figures who took to the streets in London for the farmers' rally.

@xtaldave
I saw him wearing that. As an American i didn't think it was my place to say but he seemed like a caricature of a stereotype. Not a stereotype i get, mind you, but it has the appearance of an attempt.

@RnDanger it really is. His pre-politics career was a commodities trader in the centre of London, not farming.

His skill (as a populist) is to weaponise causes to make it seem like he is a man of the people, but all he ever wants is to avoid paying tax. That was the motivation for Brexit, that's the motivation for this.