Britannia Radio

By seizing a quarter of the vote in local elections this week, the UK Independence party has stamped its image on British politics in a manner comparable to populist, anti-establishment movements across 
continental Europe. 

There is a rising possibility that Ukip and like-minded parties will ride a wave of discontent with political 
elites, economic distress and immigration to achieve a breakthrough in next year’s elections to the European parliament.

From France’s National Front to Finland’s True Finns, from Italy’s Five Star Movement to Hungary’s Jobbik, parties that pour scorn on the European Union’s political and technocratic establishment and embrace varying degrees of xenophobia believe the force is with them. 

Arguably, the only leading EU country where populism lacks momentum is Germany, whose post-1945 political culture permits minimal space for overt anti-Europeanism, let alone hard-right racism. 

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