What's going on with the far right parties?

[ItsPrettyGoodReally]

Hi,

I wondered if anybody might know what it is that means far right parties are rising in so many countries?

I was really desperate for this general election so we could get rid of the tories and get a labour government. But now suddenly people are talking about the far right in the UK, and in France and Germany, and Trump seems to be doing well in America.

I do kind of understand that maybe it's a reaction against globalisation and a return to the nation state.

However, I also see the massive gap between the ultra rich and the rest of us, and that reminds me of the way things were just before WWII, which is not a good thing.

It all feels a bit 1932 to me, and I would rather that the world was keeping a calm head while dealing with all the challenges.

Does anybody out there have a way to rationalise the situation that seems like there is a safe and calm way out of all this?

I think the key is that we all (across the globe) have to keep respecting democracy, and talking, and voting, and above all keeping our best calmest heads on, but I would be glad to know what others think.

Thanks!

Nothing apart from lies work without infrastructure.

Lack of investment in infrastructure is the problem, not immigration. Lack of investment in infrastructure is what happens every time it’s put into the hands of private companies, because then it only happens for profit. Lots of it.

Re move to far right in EU and other countries I thought this would happen, a couple of years ago I considered we’d be facing this about now.

It feels messy and will likely get messier as votes and other put pressure on politicians to resolve the issue. Which currently they can’t, but eventually enough pressure may exist so the law changes

The U.K. is one of the few not seeing it in electoral results, partly due to lack of PR, what happens after GE with those pressures I guess we’ll see. If other countries go more hardline it won’t help us as we get comparatively easier