They want a party representing views downplayed by the elite —the desire for lower immigration, the desire for a self-governing nation with secure borders, and the desire for an economy which prioritises British workers.
When they were mass-membership institutions, parties used to be able to integrate their populist extremes. Now, through a more diverse mass media, as well as the social media revolution, they are much less effective gatekeepers.
The economic facts will not care about a change in government. Britain is still going to have to start living within its means, and that is going to mean cuts.
Countries with greater wealth distribution – like Iceland or Austria – have seen the smallest losses of faith in democracy. Every new homeowner is another convert to the idea that democracy can work for them.
Four, deep-rooted currents in are carving out space for movements which seek to prioritise the interests, the culture, the values, and the ways of life of the majority group against what they see as self-interested, corrupt, narcissistic, and incompetent elites.
This European “nationalism” could well produce a considerably more populist EU. Whether that would be good for the UK is another matter.
His victory in the Dutch elections was only possible because the mainstream parties had failed to control the country’s borders.
At last night’s Onward event, Damian Green claimed David Cameron’s “tens of thousands” pledge had been a political success. What decade has he been living through?
Of all the advanced industrial democracies, in the great majority of countries moderate conservatives either lead the government or the opposition.
Garvan Walshe is a former National and International Security Policy Adviser to the Conservative Party Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It only survives if citizens and the politicians they elect defend political institutions and keep those who would destroy them out of power. This is the idea behind militant democracy, whose name we owe to the […]
However, the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill must be strengthened.
The sovereignty of Parliament, as the representative of the people, has been eroded, and power handed to an increasingly assertive bureaucracy.