All three have seen their countries upended by political events that to some degree can be explained by the success of rightwing populism. The other two interviewees, Tony Blair and Matteo Renzi, agreed that the migration issue had posed significant problems for centrist politics. Blair said populism would continue to rise until mainstream parties found a way to cut through the reductive soundbites that populists deploy so effectively. “I don’t think it’s reached its peak,” he said, when asked about the electoral success of populists globally. “Rome is the right place for him since it is bread and circuses and it’s as old as recorded history.

Source: The Guardian November 22, 2018 14:01 UTC