Content in the topic of Defeating populism

Campaigners have warned that Reform UK leader Nigel Farage "wants to take more risks with people's financial security" after he gave a speech setting out new economic policies.

Donald Trump’s second Presidency has collapsed British trust in the US while the EU is increasingly viewed as Britain’s most reliable trading partner according to a new report published today.

A new report published today shatters mainstream consensus on voters' priorities and reveals that concerns around immigration are being inflamed by media exposure and political discourse, rather than being based on experience.

How much is a pint of milk? A litmus test for politicians everywhere. But how much does a democracy cost? Well, if you’re Argentinian, you could answer quite quickly and precisely: forty billion US dollars.

Over the weekend, Czechia became the latest country to elect a populist prime minister. Self-styled Trumpist Andrej Babiš, albeit a centre-right version, completed his political comeback by winning more than a third of the vote, ousting the pro-European coalition led by Petr Fiala. Babiš now appears poised to join Viktor Orbán of Hungary and Robert Fico of Slovakia in opposing the European Union’s efforts to bolster Ukraine in its war against Russian aggression.

Campaigners have welcomed Keir Starmer's speech at the Labour Party conference and urged the Prime Minister to "deliver on those words".

Reform UK have said they would abolish indefinite leave to remain in the UK which campaigners have warned would be not only "economically devastating but unconscionably cruel".

Try and picture this. A Labour Party flailing in the polls less than a year before an election, a centre-right Conservative party decimated by a radical right alternative, a wealth tax on the front pages, a fragmented party system, and no mainstream party daring to mention the EU. Easy right? Except on Monday it was the Norwegian Labour Party overturning an eight point deficit in the polls to win a general election and fight off the right-wing populist threat. So what happened?

The proposed new rail line would provide high speed rail connections between Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds with significant upgrades across other key Northern rail routes.