While the surrounding countries shifted to the right, Labor’s victory was achieved English in a Rare Avi Europe and has reopened an old debate that is still a hot topic in half of Europe: what position should traditional right-wing parties take when far more radical competitors emerge.
To date, story They have contained the far right in Britain, taking some of their positions on, for example, immigration. But at the same time, ensure the stability of a healthy democracywhere a prime minister is forced to resign for lying in parliament or where defeat in an election is accepted with finality.
How to relate to right wing groups
The dilemma facing the Conservative Party today is this: re-establish itself to maintain a more moderate position or move closer (even closer) to a national populist discourse, euroscepticism, denial and xenophobia where is the great promoter Brexit and newcomer to the House of Commons, Nigel Farage, is the kingmaker.
After the electoral failure of the party that led Britain for the past fourteen years, the far-right managed to sneak into the British Parliament at the eighth attempt, winning five seats and placing its formation, the Reform Party (Reform UK), in second place in almost a hundred constituencies in the north of England.
The way to relate to extreme right groups is a a crucial issue for the future of Europe’s traditional right-wing formations. In France, we have seen how progressive and conservative democrats have united in a republican front against the right wing., But in Spain, the Popular Party continues to tread waters without knowing well what to do with regard to Vox, first, and the ultra-agitator party Alvise, second.
On the one hand there is pressure against the most extremist postulates of Isabel Díaz Ayuso who adheres to Javier Milei and on the other hand there is pressure from Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who this week attended an ultra podcast raising conspiracy theories.
Another clown leader
In recent months, Nigel Farage has become one of the harshest critics of former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over his failed strategy of deporting immigrants to Rwanda and explaining “invasion” of new arrivals in England. Immigration is one of his big flags and can cause a lot of noise and influence the Conservative Party from the speakers given by the British Parliament.
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Farage perfectly represents the type of politician that French essayist Christian Samon talks about in his latest book, The tyranny of the comedians. In it, he explains how exaggeration and mockery They have been normalized in political life through “joker or clown” politicians like Trump, Bolsonaro or Milei. Reactionary populist leaders who have no problem power driven by lies. As Farage himself did in the Brexit referendum campaign with fake figures for the money the EU was supposed to take.
The dangers of discourse assumptions
This week, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, another political buffoon, published his article an article in Daily Mail with ten tips to get your party back in power as soon as possible. Far from showing moderation and blames Farage for his defeatrecommended that the next leader be tougher on immigration, strongly criticised Keir Starmer’s possible rapprochement with the EU from the start, and strongly opposed social distancing measures in the workplace.
The new legislature in the UK will show whether they listen or not and the impact of Farage’s entry into Westminster, but with the far right growing in power in France and the EU, they should be aware of this. the danger of playing both sides in this type of populism and the social and political crisis they could cause if they allowed themselves to be seduced by reactionary currents that threatened the foundations of the entire continent.
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