'Populist'

Sneering from the leftists isn’t going to endear their views to ‘populists’ now is it? It just adds fuel to the fire.

I think this thread is attempting an objective discussion of the phenomenon of 'populism'. It isn't personal, Ug. Crying 'victim' just derails it.

Populism can be right wing or left wing - but the question that needs an answer at the moment seems to be "why is populism on the increase in many countries and what can be done to counter it? Is it necessarily a bad thing as it could be sending a message to 'the political elite' who do not listen to the people?"

Fortunately fewer populist politicians than expected were elected to the EU Parliament. Farage's is the largest group and the only one which advocates leaving the EU.

Since our referendum it has been remarkable how staunchly the other EU 27 countries have stood together. Solidarity is strength. The Leave liars said we could pick them off one by one and spun a line about brexit being so wonderful that all the other countries would leave too.

Exactly the opposite is true. EU membership has in the last three years become more and more popular in all the other EU countries as even the populists realise how much value they all get from working together . They all pity the people of the UK still being in danger of leaving. They see us in a chaotic state, suffering from a totally unnecessary self-inflicted wound.

Dear Nonnie - I don't think you're getting old but maybe you weren't au fait with terminology in the sixties which is when the word gay was first used to describe homosexuals. I can remember during that era there were two pubs in Kensington that had a gay clientele. One, the Coleherne was for the guys in leather ( shades of Village People although they were a bit later) The other was known as the Boltons. That was where the camp guys went. We used to go there occasionally and I remember two things - one the boys who wore pastel coloured dungarees with matching berets (and one had a poodle dyed to match) and the other was that some of them were a loss to women as they were so good looking.

There is a good explanation of the word populism on Wikipedia, if anybody wants to learn more.