The case for populism – spiked
The populist revolt may have gripped Western nations for over a decade now, but it has remained wilfully misunderstood by our political and cultural elites. Countless academics and commentators have…
The populist revolt may have gripped Western nations for over a decade now, but it has remained wilfully misunderstood by our political and cultural elites. Countless academics and commentators have…
‘There can be no sugar-coating these results’, conceded German chancellor Friedrich Merz last night, following a historic, humiliating defeat for his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the regional elections. ‘It…
A political earthquake would be too weak a description of the shock caused by last Sunday’s election in the small German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The governing Christian Democrats (CDU) won…
‘Anything is possible’ was the slogan projected on to a giant screen at the Alternative for Germany (AfD) victory party in Magdeburg last night. And the resurgent AfD really had…
The right-populist One Nation party has been threatening to breach the defences of Australia’s impregnable two-party system for some time. That moment arrived last Saturday, when Pauline Hanson’s ‘orange tsunami’…
This Sunday’s state election in Saxony-Anhalt – a federal state of just over two million in eastern Germany – is of enormous significance. For the first time, the right-populist Alternative…
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So the bin has been put out. Count Binface – the Oxbridge-educated cracker of shite jokes who gets a weird kick from standing in elections – has lost to Nigel…
I came to Kennington Park, in south London, on a mild April morning, which was appropriate, since it was April that made the place. The plane trees are just coming…
Something peculiar is afoot in Great Britain. Last year, hundreds gathered on Bournemouth beach to witness a mass baptism. Crowds of young men marched under ‘Christ is King’ banners through…