Should we be worried about right-wing populism?

Anyone see Trump on the news? Heavens! He all but said a woman can't be President.

If Donald Trump gets elected, there'll be hell toupée.

The sheer thought ot it makes me physically sick.

The thought of him, Putin and Kim with their finger on the nuclear button is just too much to bear.

Maybe those with the actual power will ignore his more wild behaviour. At least the USA isn't a dictatorship.

I think the big cheeses in the democrat party will accept Trump in the hope they will take the presidency then he will trip over his gun when out hunting , problem solved

Do you mean the Rebuplicans annie? Bit early in the morning?

Yes I really do whitewave, no way would they allow him to run the country but they want power again , why did I say Democrats , meant republicans sorry

Durhamjen and daphnedill....Let me clarify my post,it may have been misunderstood.
I am not anti-immigration,but pro controlled immigration ,which is sensible.I pointed out that many of the protesters being labelled right wing are actually moderate people who feel overwhelmed by their current situation in Europe.A situation which is undisputedly out of control.
It is unjust that they be labelled far right wing,which we view as extreme, when they are not.
I stated that they believed they were making a stand for their childrens future,with no mention of the EU referendum at all.
I am sure that all parents ,voting remain or leave,feel that they are doing the best for their children.

@Granny2016

I think you've misunderstood ME.

I'm not in favour of uncontrolled immigration either and I don't think the majority of people who feel the same as I do, are right wing.

However, I know for a fact that some people who claim to have the same views ARE racist and/or xenophobic. I know some of them personally.

In the 2010 election the BNP, an undoubtedly racist party, had just over half a million votes. The BNP has collapsed, but its supporters haven't gone away. They've joined Britain First or one of the other right wing groups and they're still here. They all exploit people's genuine fears and grievances.

The BNP wasn't even the worst. There is a network of extreme racist and/or nationalist groups operating in networks in the UK.

Agree with you, daphne.
However, there is no such thing as uncontrolled migration anyway. Even the poor Syrians and Afghans are controlled in the way they are admitted to the UK.
Racist groups need have no fear.

durhamjen...Surely anyone within the EU has free movement across borders.Isn,t that why we have groups of people from eastern Europe sleeping and defecating around our parks and monuments ? Syrians and Afghans do not share that privilege,even though many of them would be far more desirable.

daphnedill...I,m afraid there will always be racists and xenophobes.It is a fact that we are all aware of.

What's going to happen now that Germany have upset Turkey over the Armenia genocide. Are they going to stick to the agreement Re holding the migrants in Turkey?
I don't think so.
The boats will start again, crossing to Greece. These people will have to go somewhere. The Germans will do a deal with Macedonia to get them to take down the wire on the border and they will once again walk into Austria and Germany.

Why is there such an inevitability?

I'm afraid I don't believe that everybody is aware.

How many people from Eastern Europe have you seen sleeping and defecating round our monuments, Granny2016?
I haven't seen any.
There shouldn't be racists and xenophobes. We should be better than that as a nation. It does not have to be accepted.

dj There were pictures just recently of these people doing just that.

OMG, DJ, I agree with you 100% -- must go for a lie down

DJ asked "How many have you seen" not pictures of them. I have never seen one and we live in an area with a high immigrant population.

Has the EU stuck to its agreement with Turkey?

Hope you are lying down, GandTea.

Durhamjen....re eastern europeans.I haven,t seen it myself,it has been visually reported across the media.In london parks,and disgustingly around the memorial erected to honour victims of recent London bombings.
Of course there shouldn,t be racists and Xenophobes,but sadly history shows us that it is not an uncommon trait.

Sorry! I don't get your point. Just because something has always been so, doesn't mean that it shouldn't be challenged. It's not an excuse.

PS. There have also been stories of British whites defecating and urinating on monuments and on graves, not to mention stories of British tourists abroad.

The fact that this has even been brought up at all on this thread shows xenophobic prejudice.

Agreed, daphne. The problem is that so many people have tunnel vision about immigrants in this country.
The difference is that if I saw it in my newspapers, they would be asking why these people were homeless.

Found it. Just what I said. Presumably this is what you mean.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/01/britain-eastern-european-migrants-london-memorial

11 months ago, so not that recent. Has it happened since? Are your papers full of it? This is the only one I can find.

"Wherever these “East Europeans” come from, you can bet it was somewhere that saw horrors Britons would find hard to imagine, even in the murderous 20th century. We cared about that in 1939. We should remember it now. But we choose our memories carefully. We edit out the altruism of our own past and the suffering of others. We are offended at this apparent slur on memory, but forget the history that should make us proud to be generous and welcoming."

I don't think it's ironic at all. The Daily Mail still peddles the same xenophobic and racist messages.

Mosley was totally against immigration and wanted West Indian immigrants to be repatriated.