“The chancellor’s unsuccessful strategy for spiking the AfD’s guns has been to ape its draconian positions on immigration.” — The Guardian view on Friedrich Merz: Germany’s chancellor must change course to halt the rise of the AfD, The Guardian, 21ix26
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Dog-Gristle Politics
As Reform seeks a statement victory in Gorton and Denton, with a candidate who has made dog-whistle nativism his calling card, Manchester has again become a political crucible. […] As Nigel Farage’s intellectual outriders speak of a “politics of home”, which casts doubt over certain citizens’ right to be considered British, a billionaire tax exile in Monaco has added grist to their mill. — “Guardian view on Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Britain does not need political lectures from a billionaire tax exile”, The Guardian, 12ii26
