Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (L) speaks while party chairman Zia Yusuf (R) looks on, during a press conference at Church House in Westminster. | TOLGA AKMEN
Palma 07/02/2025 09:27
A former senior British politician told me this week that he has no doubt that the Reform Party will form the next government in Britain. In Spain, Vox continue to be the third force in Spanish politics. All across Europe and beyond (including the US) the far right is gaining strength and ground in a major slap in the face for the mainstream parties. Their failure has meant that voters are looking elsewhere. Their woke attitudes to many key issues which are a concern to voters have put us in this position.
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Richard PearsonDefinitely? Well the PP and Vox are right down in the polls and the Spanish economy is doing well so I don't know how you are so sure. But no doubt your heroes putin, trump and musk will start to interfere so you never know.
Zoltan TeglasPower, maybe not. Part of the next government, definitely.
Vox are polling at around 11% and their leader is very unpopular. No way will they be in power any time soon.
Populism: exploit grievances for political gain, rather than solve them. These grievances don't have simple solutions, yet the extremist parties all simplify it down to some easy solution that's easy for voters to rally around, like Rwanda for example. Or the wall. Both expensive, yet wholly ineffective, except for voter approval. And there's a lot of downsides to eliminating foreigners. Isolation is one of them. See UK isolationist playbook. And now, the US. Although isolationist UK didn't have much effect outside of the UK. But US isolationism will hurt everybody. Unlike the UK, it's very intertwined in the global politico- economic structure. China may be the main beneficiary though. We'll see.
For around 3000 years every philosopher worth his salt has understood the need for balance , in everything. The pendulum is swinging from one way to the other and its movement has been action and reaction. Until it sits in the middle again we are in for a bumpy ride one way or another. Unfortunately in the mean time, opportunist ( left and right) are seizing their moments.