Good to see and not surprised. How long could lies as Trump continues to push continue to succeed. Trump mates obviously pushed the latest Brazil business and more will see it all for what they are worth. Centrism must win out in the long run. Excerpt from your
Number of populist world leaders at 20-year low [...] The report, however, warns strongly against premature claims of populism’s defeat, pointing out that in 2022 populists were part of election-winning coalitions in Italy, Israel and Sweden. Marine Le Pen was defeated by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, but her party did well in the legislative elections.
In the UK, the Conservative party is likely to face a challenge from the populist rightwing party Reform UK, which has vowed to put up candidates against all parties rather than continue with Ukip’s 2019 pact not to stand against Boris Johnson’s Conservatives.
While Richard Tice’s party is unlikely to win a seat in the next election, it is polling at about 8% of votes, and the bulk of these would come from disgruntled Conservative voters. It could have greater success if Nigel Farage, who led Ukip and the Brexit party to much wider prominence, becomes more involved.
The institute argues that anti-populist mainstream parties may have to recognise they need a different anti-populist playbook when they are in power from the one used by mainstream parties when the populists are in power.
It says mainstream parties should have a clear, substantive policy agenda of their own and not focus on negative campaigning against populist challengers, since populist challengers will always argue that their core issues are under-addressed by mainstream politics. The report says mainstream parties must realise voters are increasingly tired of rhetorical excess that ignores the problems a country faces.
The report’s author, Brett Meyer, said it showed a trend towards progressive centrism in a number of countries. “Centrists continued to roll back the frontiers of populism in 2022, with the number of populists in power down to a 20-year low,” he said.
“This is in large part down to the success of progressive centrism over populism across the Americas as progressive centre-left leaders replaced the old, populist left. Populism also suffered a significant blow in the US midterms.”
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