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BurningChrome
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Senior Software Engineer, and Supporter of Human Rights 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
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This is something which was already crystal clear with Ukip ten years ago while they were hyped as the party of the "left behind"

The far right's popularity is a top-down construction

www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europ...
UKIP-like parties only thrive when the mainstream allows them to
In the past few years, much of the coverage and analysis of parties such as UKIP or the Front National has been skewed and hyped, compared to their electoral performance.
www.opendemocracy.net
May 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Labour lost seats to the Greens and Lib Dems. Reform won seats from the Tories. So, geniuses that they are, Kier Starmer and the muppets around him will go even further right.
May 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM