After Brexit and Trump, rightwing populists cling to power – but the truth is they can’t govern | Jonathan Freedland https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/06/brexit-trump-populists-power-us-republicans-tory-party?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1673024378
Is Brexit already out of date? The idea of an agile, free-trading “Global Britain” was an effective sales pitch. But that was before President Trump and other populists began erecting barriers to trade. https://nyti.ms/2Ksa4TU
Building the Brexit party: how Nigel Farage copied Italy's digital populists https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/21/brexit-party-nigel-farage-italy-digital-populists-five-star-movement?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1558415961
Brexit is an object lession, but solves few problems. The British meltdown has ended moves by other countries to quit the European Union, but it helps the populists too, who argue that Brussels is too powerful. https://nyti.ms/2Unwfd0 by @StevenErlanger
"The European Union is the one body that might make Putin sit up and take notice once in a while, which is why he was pro-Brexit, pro-Le Pen, pro the anti-EU populists in Italy. Anything that weakens Europe, he is happy." https://goo.gl/kRHiNZ
"The European Union is the one body that might make Putin sit up and take notice once in a while, which is why he was pro-Brexit, pro-Le Pen, pro the anti-EU populists in Italy. Anything that weakens Europe, he is happy." https://goo.gl/h34XVK
"Two Brexit loudmouths both dropped clangers in the bubbling cauldron of the Middle East this week... They really don’t do detail, these populists" http://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/papering-over-the-cracks-1-5272772
