The eclipse of the centre right should worry us all
Populism and deglobalisation are feeding off each other, fuelling global instability
I have two items for you today. Below is a piece on the resurgence of populism across the West and where this may lead, prompted by a new book on the future of the centre-right in Britain. I’ve also included links to five pieces that I read this week that I thought worth sharing. Let me know what you think. And please do share with others who might be interested and subscribe if you have not already!
For a time over the last couple of years it was possible to imagine that populism was in global retreat. Joe Biden had replaced Donald Trump as US president in 2021 which showed that America’s constitutional arrangements still worked, despite Trump’s attempts to subvert them. Populists had lost power in Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovenia. Emmanuel Macron defeated Marine le Pen in a French presidential election for a second time, while Jair Bolsonaro lost his bid for re-election in Brazil. In Britain, the arrival of Rishi Sunak as prime minister just under…
