We ignore moods in politics at our peril | Letters

Stephen Coleman advises paying attention to the ways in which mood inflects democratic politics

Jonathan Freedland offers the astute insight that Brexit is more a felt vibe than a literal definition (Brexit is a mood, not a policy - and Liz Truss captures it in all its delusion, 22 July).

If so, how should democracies argue about and represent moods? What is the mood-world equivalent of a political manifesto? Should we expect democratic citizens to vote in moods or for moods? Must mood politics always be the province of demagogues and manipulators?