Why are so many Europeans voting for far-right parties? | James O'Brien on LBC

With the 80th anniversary of D-Day taking place last week, James O'Brien discusses the general shift to the right in politics across Europe.
'In the context of D-Day commemorations, how can so many people in Europe have voted for far-right parties? Why is this country going in the other direction?' asks James O'Brien
James O'Brien wonders why the UK 'appears to be moving leftwards', while some parties like AfD, 'riddled with Nazi legacy', are gaining support.
‘What they have in common is they insist reducing the number of foreigners or minorities in a country would make it better for everyone left there…'
'... But they don’t actually agree on what minorities should be discriminated against.’
Just days ago French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called new parliamentary elections. This comes after a defeat in a European vote as the far-right surged in the country's European elections.
The far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) has also made significant gains in the 2024 European elections, and controversially its largest success was among young people.
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[@DavidMeikle-ei7fr]

There has been a large increase in the number of European 16 to 25 year olds voting for parties on the Right

[@kereyhaire6910]

Hallelujah

[@Hurgardet]

Far right. Extremist parties.

[@dannyvanstraelen3273]

Because the see a social system, that crakes on all sides due to social parasites.

[@ChickenNugNugz2]

Fascism is an emergent property of the social conditions caused by Laissez-Faire capitalism and the social destruction of neo-liberalism. Of course, literally the only way to solve it and to right the wrongs of the capitalists is through a Marxist lens, but when the owning class runs the media they would rather have the actual Nazis rise back up, because fascists never improve the lives of the working people, than risk losing their social and economic power tokens.

[@Hurgardet]

@@dannyvanstraelen3273 Due to shrinking populations and less people with lower wages paying in.

[@algernonsidney8746]

Because people rightly or wrongly are angry at the high levels of immigration coming into Europe.

[@SandraJohnson-je3vd]

Arghhh a well educated person here, LBC bullies ask that question and then bully people who speak up...very far left.

[@tombarry2523]

Agreed. That is the number 1 reason in my opinion.

[@dvz19777]

Yeah but james doesn't think this actually exists. In Chiswick it doesn't anyway. They're just all brainwashed by the right wing media aren't they

[@Sean78192]

What do we expect? 20 years recking Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. The irony is ridiculous. Where did they all come from and why so many?! Because we ablitorated them in the name of nothing.

[@thegingerbreadgod1312]

@@Sean78192🥱

[@jeanmyers1787]

Mark Twain ‘the more people I meet the more I like my dog’

[@antonycharnock2993]

Mark Twain also said "Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience" and "“If man could be crossed with the cat,” he once wrote, “it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat."

[@fifiadan]

@@antonycharnock2993Mark sounds like a bit of a misanthrope

[@darrell3716]

That's sad, if your dog could talk it would say, the more people I meet the more I love other dogs.

[@gordonstrong5232]

​@@fifiadan Society is divided into two types of people: misanthropes, and those who aren't paying attention. Lol

[@stephenmurray2851]

Why is it under every o'brien video there is someone posting a mark twain quote as though it somehow makes you look thoughtful and intellectual. It really doesn't and it's boring.

[@driv5r1]

this man is why the country is in such a state

[@jasonwright5232]

klevva little troll

[@Tymbus]

Don't feed the Troll

[@bipolarminddroppings]

Hehe, yes James O'Brien is the problem. You're brilliant, don't ever change.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

Who

[@blushadow1726]

Call in to the show and tell him why, I'd like to hear how that call goes for you.

[@ebillyboi]

O Brien's sanctimonious diatribe is pathetic

[@helenscott187]

Well said.

[@stevestokes-li8xr]

You’re right, us poor people are so lucky to have a wealthy friend like James to tell us how angry we should all be about being poor.

[@annepoitrineau5650]

I disagree with you. The only thing I disagree with OBrien on was Corbyn...

[@stevestokes-li8xr]

@@annepoitrineau5650 whatever you do, don’t let him find out that you don’t agree with him, he won’t be happy about that !

[@annepoitrineau5650]

@@stevestokes-li8xr I do not do call-ins.

[@trewjohn2001]

The question politicians should be asking is why are people turning to the right for answers. Why are they dissatisfied with the current situation. There’s no point just pointing the finger at the people voting in that direction and telling them they are wrong. They have a vote, they have an opinion. Push them too far by ignoring their voices and you will motivate them to vote for a change and leave the door wide open for an extremist to gain a shock win. It’s no shock how extremist get into power, it’s historically well documented. Currently the perfect storm for a shift to the right in the UK is brewing. Don’t be shocked when people that normally don’t vote suddenly get the motivation to put a mark behind someone that actually seems to understand where they are coming from.

[@sempressfi]

Yeah if labour gets in and doesn't bite the bullet and infuse the country with some resources and at least have some movement towards economic growth, a more competent far right will start to fill the emotional void

[@a2zmustafa]

So because i am dissatisfied so am gonna vote for the same ideology that killed my grandparents?

[@GaryTaylor-gp2qc]

an unusually sensible and valid opinion on this site, of course the left have gone insane with woke , immigration that completely ignores the worries or wishes of the majority , net zero rammed down our throats , the "far right " used to describe ordinary people wanting their culture back that james will use is utterly ridiculous frankly and is used for manipulation only

[@re1644]

@@a2zmustafa It is sad that the "I am not like the others"-deceit still works so often

[@matthewv4170]

It's literally because of immigration. There are far too many non-natives in Europe

[@paulandhisguitars]

"Clamping down on media".......UK has had a journalist in bellmarsh for 5 years, without charge.

[@brinjoness3386]

Assange isn't a journalist

[@paulandhisguitars]

@@brinjoness3386 UK has had a publisher in bellmarsh for 5 years, without charge.......not sure if that sounds better or worse for Britain.

[@tryingmybest9819]

​@paulandhisguitars He was charged and convicted of evading arrest which is a crime. He's now being held pending extradition and if you don't think he's a flight risk, there's nothing I could say to you because you are clearly not a rational person. He ended up in the UK because he was avoiding accountability in Sweden. He ran to the embassy when the UK decided there was merits to the allegations. You can argue that the court system takes too long, but not that he's there without charge. There are outstanding US indictments (charges)

[@easynow6821]

@@brinjoness3386 what is he then?

[@easynow6821]

@@tryingmybest9819 and in the 60's we went to the moon but we cant do it know because someone lost the tech, Kennedy was shot by one gunman and i'm sure your still taking your booster jabs 🤣😂🤣😂

[@yesyoureright]

People forget history and make enemies of the peaceful people.

[@Durka-Durka01]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ebillyboi]

Like the left antifa rioting in Bordeaux last night

[@GaryTaylor-gp2qc]

your right the left today are more akin to communism than democracy and if it's ok to call people worried by their culture going "far right " it's fine to call people on the left "communists " both terms are ridiculous

[@Danny-is5if]

Peaceful people? Who exactly are you referring too? Don't be obtuse with your answer be direct.

[@fifiadan]

@@Danny-is5ifhe’s likely talking about minorities

[@user-wq6sz7vt3w]

Not far right, just right!

[@GoogleBot-lf7xv]

Stop calling it far right.

[@philiptaylor7902]

What would you rather we call them?

[@kevinlarke4837]

@@philiptaylor7902 right

[@fifiadan]

Far right people still haven’t learnt enough about political classification to know far right isn’t necessarily an insult. It says a lot when you can’t own your position.

[@zenster1097]

@@philiptaylor7902 Centrists? Center-right? I have no idea. No one who is seriously knowledgeable (conservatives aren't knowledgeable either) would call CivNats far-right.

[@user-np8nr5uw3r]

@@philiptaylor7902right

[@Dee78584]

If immigration continues at this rate what sort of place does James think Europe will become? It's not looking like it will be diverse utopia he still believes it will be.

[@innocentman3346]

Yea well he can afford to move anywhere, we can't. Kind Anarchist!!

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

He needs to travel to Lampedusa or Sw£den.

[@GG-hu9dn]

So, we should think twice before supporting governments in the west that are the very crux of the instability in most middle Eastern countries then, shouldn't we?!

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

@@GG-hu9dn Middle Eastern countries are the reason for instability in the Middle East, that's why their citizens flee in their millions.

[@fifiadan]

@@GG-hu9dn your right but that does include labour

[@allaboutspurs792]

There aren't any political parties actually adressing issues faced by working class people. Kier and the Labour party is a perfect example. Beholden to billionaires and Israel.

[@stephenhill545]

The Middle east conflict doesn't affect working class people. Trade union rights etc. do.

[@lucuslovesyou2961]

and so is nigel. Hes litteraly a multi milionair

[@morenocrescenzo3441]

The real issue is that people do not show up to vote .

[@purepeter4737]

voting isn't real bro

[@Forthestate]

Because they're fed up with those representing them. Otherwise, they'd turn up to vote for them again. It isn't rocket science, unless you're not that bright.

[@Acroamaticstudios]

They should vote by writing 'I do not consent' on every ballot.

[@TigerP1]

In Belgium voting is obligatory.

[@derekspitz9225]

No. The real issue is that British politics is broken. The political elites have stopped representing the people. That's why we got Brexit. That's why America got Trump. That why the populist political right is on the rise in Europe. It's got nothing to do with voter apathy. smh

[@fanjita20]

Starmer is very right wing for a Labour leader.

[@Durka-Durka01]

😂

[@antonycharnock2993]

So was Tony Blair someone who admired Thatcher of all people.

[@JohnnyZenith]

Starmer isn't right wing anymore than Blair was.

[@easynow6821]

you have no idea what right wing is then

[@edvigq]

No more than blair. More importantly there are more self-identified right wing voters that he has to compromise for. The idiots we put in charge are our mirrors. What does that say about us?

[@whovotedforthat]

Because of mass immigration and the crime it brings ( especially when the area u live in becomes completely ruined by mass immigtation) something James has no experience off

[@shonacourt9750]

Example please? 😊

[@whovotedforthat]

@@shonacourt9750 example of what?

[@stephenhill545]

It's not actually true.

[@whovotedforthat]

@@stephenhill545 what is not true?

[@user-uc1kv2nj3t]

I will give you an example. What about every city in the country

[@sebraven]

Its very simple the biggest issue is illegal immigration and asylum . These laws have to be radically changed to restrict asylum and illegal immigration which is right. It needs so much reform because it has basically replaced LEGAL IMMIGRATIOn which is not fair

[@Somerandomduck_]

It’s kinda hard to be a illegal immigrant in Europe

[@21upbowls]

Reported for slandering normal people as far right

[@bipolarminddroppings]

Yes, people who think the SS weren't all evil are "normal people"

[@paulandhisguitars]

Starmer being left of sunak doesn't make him left wing.

[@matthewn1805]

What's laughable is that the far right will at the same time claim Starmer is both the same as the Tories and radical far left!

[@JohnnyZenith]

He isn't right wing.

[@paulandhisguitars]

@@JohnnyZenith hes right of centre.

[@joannacarter9988]

Starmer is neo-liberal. It's obvious from his opinions and policies.

[@easynow6821]

@@matthewn1805 The Tories are centre left dude 🤣😂🤣

[@chrisharris1522]

I think the problem is there are a large number of not very nice people all around the world

[@calmingcrist4515]

Go on say who your refiring to?

[@Durka-Durka01]

😂

[@KrzysztofSzkodaGames]

Or just political leaders have failed to get all schools to learn WW2 since majority of Far Right parties have history links with the axis powers of WW2. It would be nice for British kids as well as so they can say Farage looks like Adolf

[@LiShuBen]

@@calmingcrist4515”people all over the world” implies everyone does it not?

[@antonycharnock2993]

@@calmingcrist4515 That would be a long list.

[@Forthestate]

You need to learn the difference between anti immigrant and anti mass immigration.

[@tombarry2523]

Yes, well said.

[@Sean78192]

Remember who decides all this. The land owners. If you don't own mass land in a country, you are nothing more than a settler on that land. Without the ownership we have zero power.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

Garage doesn't seem to differentiate

[@thisismetoday]

You don’t have to look into your memory at all to understand fascism. Just look at the US.

[@paulmarshall3803]

Another plausible interpretation is that the D Day events remind us that we once fought for our country to protect and preserve our way of life?

[@Tymbus]

Agreed and we confronted the evil of the Nazis to create a better world, that's why the Tory's will be out next election

[@philrothwell6858]

And our borders, yes people gave their lives to protect our borders uninvited guests !!!

[@philrothwell6858]

Margret Thatcher would say our politicians are a weak lot , can’t even protect our own borders with one of the best Navies in the world Shame on you

[@SRobinson1485]

Because were fed up of the ponsy governments we have not dealing with immigration

[@fabiennemitchell2371]

As a result of journalists misuse of the word "far-right," we no longer know if these wins are from truly far-right parties, or from parties that are right-of-centre. The former is truly alarming; the latter is just a more right-wing conservativism as we had in the Thatcher years. However, the political vision of the EU will now begin to change.

[@AndreAmorim-AA]

They didn’t experience 14 years of UK Tory rule.

[@mandyharewood886]

I left England as a child (thank heavens because I'm Afro-Caribbean) but I just five minutes ago said exactly that to my son. You lot, the current electorate, have seen where the right takes you. The problem is though, that Labour is also shifting right and hence will do no better. In a few election cycles, you'll be ready to shift further right. There is no solution to the problems of regular folk under capitalism. This is the inevitable outcome of capitalism. It is inherently exploitative.

[@Jamie-uk2zh]

@@mandyharewood886Labour is certainly not right wing have you seen Dianne Abbot 😂

[@thomaswikstrand8397]

​@@Jamie-uk2zhyeah, they are. Very much so.

[@Light-lp8rn]

What did the Tories do that was right wing ?

[@lewis123417]

Nothing far right about the tories 😂😂

[@chrisedwards8668]

Why are so many people voting for the far right ? The simple answer is because the can't stand people like James O'brien .

[@mustrumridcully3853]

Yet he has an audience of 1.4 million and you dont.

[@Lynnefromlyn]

And they say Brexiteers and Reform voters are uneducated and unintelligent. How right they are!

[@Sean78192]

Bet you feel great now.

[@Tymbus]

But in Britain we clearly can stand people like James O'Brien which is why the left will win the next General Election

[@chrisedwards8668]

@@Sean78192 do you ?

[@PhoneyPolitics2.0]

Why are so many Europeans voting for far-right parties? Well gee I really do wonder!

[@Cronhour]

Starmer is not to the left of the centre, he is to the right of the centre, economically he is right wing.

[@kylestanley1160]

As someone who is on the right wing politically Starmer is not on the right on any subject. He's a a vile socialist.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

you don't know what those words mean. He is quite far to the left of centre, if you actually know what those concepts are. please, go read a book.

[@msa-tt4bg]

Maybe some people just want a sensible immigration policy.

[@deedavey]

You have no real perception of todays Far Right. A million miles from Far Right of 100 plus years ago. It’s a cheap and lazy way to shut down all genuine discussion or argument that varies from your view.

[@Heath-Bounce]

Spot on.

[@GafftheHorse]

They are still scapegoating minorities.

[@EM-lz9kg]

Then point out why you would support nationalism! Instead of stating it’s not being discussed. We are all ears

[@EM-lz9kg]

So you are fed up with Neo liberalism so how dose nationalism work out better for everyone

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

Bullsht. It's the exact same strident, violent nationalism based on a visceral hatred of anyone who doesn't look like you.

[@razergamez916]

The real issue is people like James looks down on anyone with a different opinion then are amazed when they vote “far right”

[@JonMidtan]

Why would someone else's opinion effect yours. Sounds pretty weak.

[@cliffface9081]

@@JonMidtan Because when the Establishment just sneers at your legitimate concerns, you turn to someone who is prepared to listen.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

@@cliffface9081 but they're not prepared to listen, they'll take your vote and then crush you under their jackboot with the rest of us.

[@lukemcdermott1901]

The problem to me seems to be a bloated but limp centrism that doesn’t actually do anything to improve the lives of people who are increasingly scapegoating the “others”. Naomi klein was right when she said the far right are so powerful because they get the facts wrong but the feeling right”

[@annabellelee4535]

They get the facts right unlike the left. No country can survive with open borders, high taxes, energy crisises, and deindustrialization. Europe and the US have been led by clowns bound and determined to destroy their countries in the name of liberalism.

[@OliverReed880]

Vote Reform 🗳 before its to late and our country looses its identity

[@Mighty5754]

What vote for the chancer farage do you forget Brexit and all the lies he spewed

[@manvbees]

Simple answer James. People don't like what you're selling 😅

[@bipolarminddroppings]

1.4 million listeners per day and Labour about to get their largest win ever. How is that people not liking what he's selling? It's in OTHER countries that people are moving to the right, places that don't have James.

[@manvbees]

@bipolarminddroppings I strongly suspect that when the votes are counted there will be more right-wing votes than left. The issue will be that there are plenty of morons who will vote reform and split the right wing vote, handing Labour the majority. Labour (and followers like you) will mistakenly believe that this gives them overwhelming public support. It will be a mistake that comes back to bite them as they will ignore typically right wing concerns like immigration and high taxation. It will create a tinderbox for an extreme right wing party to come to power. History has shown us this multiple times. It'll be an interesting period to live through. Just look at the recent elections in Europe. People are fed up with left wing politics. The same will happen in the UK very quickly after Labour take over.

[@BumbleBee-et7be]

Yet another self-opinion Woker, calling anybody right of Stalin "far-right", they need to accept that being right of Diane Abbott, or Corbyn is not far-right. James really needs to get a proper perspective of the scale of political opinion, from the Extreme Left to the Far right and place organisations and people in a realistic place on that scale.

[@MrRailjunkie]

You mean label the far right as sensible centrists instead of the extremist bigots they are.

[@Jim-ux9lg]

I would guess at immigration and the ideology, values and culture of the majority of those immigrants

[@fabiennemitchell2371]

Additionally, infrastructure problems, net zero tyranny, high crime rates, trans ideology, Diversity Equity and Inclusion application, free speech censorship, cultural disrespect and so on.

[@AllotmentDiggers]

There voting because of people like you James, There sick of fake news...

[@RavenRuled]

True. A point lost on many of the "shocked" media. They say everything is in "turmoil" and it is the end of the world because people voted right yet the world is currently in turmoil with the left in power. I have not seen so much fragmentation in my life. Things were a little fragmented in the mid 2000s but since 2015 things are terrible.

[@user-np8nr5uw3r]

*They’re *They’re

[@Tymbus]

In Britain?

[@fixieroy]

😂 man when reality hits folks like you it wont be pretty.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

But in the UK we're going the other way, was James's point. Since we'vehad 14 years of right wing rule...

[@briggaskin]

Immigration and woke agendas. We are sick of being 2nd class citizens in our own lands

[@barryphillips6845]

Who is first class, do you say?

[@briggaskin]

​@barryphillips6845 in my opinion first class citizens are people who have paid nothing into our system yet are given benefits,services and accommodation, when I have paid into the system my whole working life and am expected to watch these people get funded by my money.

[@barryphillips6845]

Do you know any of them?​@@briggaskin

[@briggaskin]

​@@barryphillips6845yes i do.

[@covfefe1787]

@@barryphillips6845 they are sitting in hoteles paid for you. The police also arrest people for online speech in a instant while taking a blind eye to robberies and knife crime.

[@bethanhamer.8669]

Not even far right ,and everyone knows why .

[@Tymbus]

I know why you think that, nudge nudge, wink wink

[@libramartin]

What do you mean by "it's not happening here" ? UK is the pioneer of get the foreigners out, no other country puts them on planes, or leaves the EU just to get rid of other people. No country in the EU did anything close to that.

[@hughwilson-gm9bw]

We have experienced 14 years of rightwing government and have had enough of the self centered corruption of the far right. Let alone the destruction of our rights!

[@odysseus2656]

You live in Russia?

[@hughwilson-gm9bw]

@@odysseus2656 no the UK!

[@odysseus2656]

@@hughwilson-gm9bw The UK hasn't had a right wing government in centuries.

[@hughwilson-gm9bw]

@@odysseus2656 yes there has been a Conservative government that has been manipulated by its rightwing members and controlled by its corrupt think tanks who are sponsored by extremist big money who's ultimate goal is the destruction of democracy!

[@markvega5036]

This guy just blathers on and never gets to the point.

[@jeffsimon9594]

Give him a break, he has See-You-Next-Tuesday Syndrome

[@johnbassnett346]

islamists have woken a sleeping giant.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

Shouldn't have supported Israel then

[@Cespar997]

​@@user-op8fg3ny3j Irsrael conflict isn't even a year old. This is decades in the making. But keep waving your "free Palestine" flag.

[@choppersharris1788]

​@@Cespar997that is anti semite

[@easynow6821]

James thinking migration and mass migration is the same thing🤣😂🤣 you often see him on the streets of London in his bathing suit trying to swim in puddles

[@Forthestate]

Snap.

[@user-gf5qm9no8q]

Only a centrist could genuinely be puzzled by the cause and effect in the rise of the far right

[@edvigq]

Most of us are moderate centrists so please detail your insights from the extremes, instead of just sneering.

[@EM-lz9kg]

So explain so us how nationalism is a improvement on Neo liberal ideology were all ears 😮

[@easynow6821]

@@EM-lz9kg a lot less BOOM BOOM that simple enough for you?

[@zenster1097]

@@edvigq No. Use your brain for once. I'm sure you can figure it out if you think hard enough.

[@craigtempest8364]

Sometimes ignorance is bliss! Imagine if you never exposed yourself to social media or MSM how many of you would genuinely be directly affected by immigration? Not many. But triggers everyone it seems😮

[@johnnyhock]

1. Net Zero 2. Open Borders 2. Islamic Invasion Thats why !

[@mac7040]

Add to that absolutely nothing done about people's living standards and economic situations .

[@Sean78192]

You forgot illegal wars by the west in the middle east since 2003, recking millions of innocent people's lives.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

@@mac7040 yeah, the Tories have been in power for all of that. So I assume you will be voting for someone else?

[@mac7040]

@@bipolarminddroppings The serious question is who. Tories and Labour are much the same and despite people thinking Fararge is the Messiah people can still not say how they have benefitted from Brexit which was a massive pack of lies.

[@domispablo7992]

may i ask what is the problem about net zero

[@GregOrCreg]

My mother's country, Portugal, didn't. They predominantly voted for centre-left and liberal parties. Go Portugal! ✊🏼

[@user-xf1zh4xu7i]

The left running Europe into the ground. Need to close the Mediterranean.

[@akwamarsunzal]

Except Chega have, for the firt time ever, achieved 2 seats in the EU Parliament 🙂

[@rice4550]

@@user-xf1zh4xu7ihow do you close down the sea

[@spacechannelfiver]

Portugal is beautiful

[@Just_another_Euro_dude]

It's irrelevant, just like the votes in Scandinavia, etc. France will be out of the EU soon.

[@edwardhinde3989]

Finally, the EU now has no choice but to take action regarding the mass migration. Numbers will be cut!

[@Dee78584]

They might slightly reduce the numbers for a year or two but will crank it up again once people stop being so vocal about it. Europe will be gone as we know it in 20 years.

[@Tymbus]

Ja Vol Mein Kommendant!

[@user-nv1ce8we2h]

Had it been Labour who’d been in for the past 14 years and they’d gone into this election with the economy in the same position, I have no doubt far right parties would be doing as well here. People have been worn down by right wing politics and want something new. If Labour don’t make a tangible positive impact when in power, I fear we’ll be in that position come the next election

[@mrmonkey2214]

The irony is that the tories are Conservative by name/branding but I liken them to be pretty much the same party as Labour. WEF controlled, both of them.

[@Acroamaticstudios]

​@@mrmonkey2214like choosing the MD at UK PLC.

[@dufud]

Get ready for pm Nigel farage in four years.

[@mrmonkey2214]

@@dufud May be sooner. Remember, nobody expected Brexit. Vote Reform.

[@kquat7899]

I think its more anti alien-culture and criminals than anti migrant.

[@fifiadan]

It’s not anti criminal because then it would be an equal opposition to criminality. There was a massive grooming gang caught in Birmingham, none of them were not white. No prizes for guessing wether any far right people said a thing about it or proposed any solutions to addressing this kind of thing.

[@monza10184]

We are one step........one goose step away.

[@PLl-jr8xi]

The far left will make homosexuality compulsory soon. No thanks

[@Durka-Durka01]

Durka, durka!

[@dgilroy36]

The UK has had 14 years of the same party in power and hungry for change, but also the Brexit referendum has given the uk a look at the right wing promises that break when reality shows up. Also the first past the post voting system really only allows for a 2 party system.

[@ricardosmythe2548]

The tories havnt enacted right wing policy. They've resided over huge increases in immigration, taxation and regulation. Doesn't sound very right wing to me.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

We literally have more than 10 parties represented in parliament and we've had 3 different parties in government in the last 20 years. This election could see the Lib Dems as the official opposition. The SNP are the 4th largest party in parliament. We don't have a 2 party system, this isn't the united states.

[@ricardosmythe2548]

@@bipolarminddroppings first past the post ensures only the 2 largest parties can win. That's part of our political system

[@PaulaTerryLancaster]

The extreme, hard left has energized the right.

[@reefnreefer]

😂🤡🐑

[@benedictmarshall7031]

What extreme hard left? It doesn’t exist!

[@mustrumridcully3853]

Do you get much demand on the commedy circuit?

[@a_kazakis]

@@benedictmarshall7031 I'm not sure in which country you live in, where extreme left wing doesn't exist, but in most of the Western world the far left has dominated the cultural landscape for at least a decade.

[@gordonstrong5232]

​​@@a_kazakis No it hasn't. It's fair to say liberalism has dominated the cultural landscape but "far left"? No way.

[@jonboymk1bridgemaryfront889]

Fascism needs to trick you into believing they are just a normal political idea or group. Once fascism gets a foot in the door? Then it's too late for most in those communitys or country. We had brexit & that idea sent alot of people down the extremist idiolgy. We are still going to have to put this idiolgy bck in the box. We still got issues by our newspapers and some MSN. It's not over yet ✌️👾

[@robertwhittall8874]

Is starmer really clearly left of the Tories . I will take a second look when starmer looks like he is being honest about where he stands

[@pinktfatrabbit]

The political spectrum has shifted so far to the left in the last 10 years that right wing voters are now referred to as the far right. What we are seeing in Europe is a scale correction back to the level before 2015.

[@anewsortofgramophone]

This is the fallout from Capitalism’s major failure. It has left a huge part of the population feeling hopeless, disenfranchised, alone. Democracy has not been able to address that and populism came hunting. There is then a huge platform of power and influence if you want to lead from the far right and media that enable and promote this movement. The train has left the station, there’s no stopping it.

[@o0oBeckyWilliamso0o]

That makes no sense at all, fascism makes you poorer, more unhappy, and working harder for less.

[@trevski9265]

Sick of invasion

[@Tymbus]

THen support Gaza and Ukraine

[@Sharaz-kt3jf]

😂😂😂

[@bipolarminddroppings]

what invasion? I've not seen anyone on the streets with guns.

[@stephnewman1357]

Where's the invasion?

[@covfefe1787]

@@stephnewman1357 the people all around you are invaders

[@zoranblackie5921]

We've not gone left as a country- the Conservatives vacated the space lurching to the right, and Starmer's Labour has moved in, yet the more extreme right wing is more emboldened and can't hide their politics of fear behind Brexit

[@euLIRIC]

are you insane ? the conservatives in UK as well as the EU have conserved exactly 0, f**** all....

[@organicwest]

The majority has moved Left. The Right-Wing minority will capture all the headlines and will scream at the top of their lungs to keep focus on themselves to make themselves seem like the majority and to normalize the rhetoric. Felon #1 in the US is the prime example.

[@organicwest]

The majority has moved Left. The Right-Wing minority will capture all the headlines and will scream at the top of their lungs to keep focus on themselves to make themselves seem like the majority and to normalize the rhetoric. Felon #1 in the US is the prime example.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

The Tories were always far to the right of where Labour are now. Please, come back and live in reality.

[@duncefunce1513]

Why? Because of you

[@robertdietz1732]

It’s not about geography. It’s about religion

[@user-nc2qj2jc5q]

Odin will save the day he saved us from the Ice Giants do you see them roaming the earth today 🤔🤔

[@robertdietz1732]

@@user-nc2qj2jc5q nay, I do not. But where isith oh glorious Odin to slay the current evils of this land? I say, maybe he not care about his humble citizen anymore!

[@zenster1097]

Is it? I doubt it.

[@robertdietz1732]

@@zenster1097 based on?

[@absolutemadlad6340]

Waiting for the day JoB will say "Far Left" on the radio.

[@wofutokerati]

Who currently befits the description?

[@garenthal9638]

@@wofutokerati the world economic forum. Trudeau, AOC and the squad, sadiq khan, I can go on all day. Name far right ones. Trump is a centrist

[@fifiadan]

Far left = Communism, Marxism, anarchism. The far left unlike the centre left oppose reform and often regard liberal democracy as a comprise with the bourgeoisie. The far left instead support fundamental changes to the structure of the capitalist system which may come in the form of communism/socialism or the abolition of private property and a heavy redistribution of wealth. Now you’ve read through a definition of far right it should be pretty clear fast why you don’t hear it about it often, it’s irrelevant to current politics.

[@fifiadan]

@@garenthal9638Can you explain how Sadiq Khan is far left?

[@garenthal9638]

@@fifiadan he is a member of the world economic forum and is essentially open borders.

[@rhysjaggar4677]

Why is James O'Brien allowed to gaslight without being sacked? People are not voting 'far right' they are voting for sane and sensible things which are time honoured.

[@Hurgardet]

The Brothers if Italy Was founded by Mussolini.

[@callumager537]

This is the consequence of actions made to solve issues both the Conservatives and Labour created at the expense of your average citizen. We don’t have immigration, we have mass immigration. Want to point at someone so you can have an easy answer? Someone you can label and smear. I say make a start by looking inward.

[@dddancetrooper]

Everyone’s far right don’t you know, any restriction on immigration is now far right 😅

[@bipolarminddroppings]

Labour are proposing restrictions on immigration and no one is calling them far right, weird that, eh? It's almost like there's a difference between sensible immigration policy and anti-immigrant bigotry...

[@covfefe1787]

@@bipolarminddroppings those arent restriction just a increase in pathways for more legal immigration. its more of the same

[@andrewrobinson2565]

My wife and I never left the EU and leaving the UK after 7 years of Thatcher was the best thing we ever did. Our President has turned defeat on Sunday into a dare on 30th June and 7th July. We are taking steps 🪜 accordingly 😊🇨🇵🇪🇺.

[@covfefe1787]

Jordan Bardella is your Prime Minster and Marine Le Pen is your inevitble president. Macrons Facists have lost the far african left has lost and the French are taking their country back.

[@SiL-uj2zl]

'Your' President, yet here you are 38 years later still commenting on UK media, just go away

[@nura1627]

Bon chance

[@andrewrobinson2565]

@@nura1627 Merci. Ça va super bien 😊👍.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

@@SiL-uj2zl I've just got my vote in the UK back (Tories 🙄) although I've never voted in the UK and don't even have a bank account there - stick 🏒 your comment 📴☀️.🤣 I voted for him in 2022 (Brexit meant we had to become French, thanks 😊👍). Thanks to people who voted LEAVE we are in a great place 🇨🇵🇪🇺. I have C2 (Mastery) level French, and German and Arabic too 🤪. Council estate comprehensive, and you?

[@mikecahill3989]

Depends what Far Right means 🤷‍♂️I see some people openly supporting Palestine who supported the Nazis in the 1940s

[@Jouantiese]

Absolutely

[@fifiadan]

Mate like 99% of Palestinians weren’t even born, that is the most insane reach I’ve heard

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

Who are you referring to

[@dfxl6587]

@mikecahill3989. I find your comment quite worrying as you claim to be listening to German people who must be at least 95 to 100 years old and yet still able to comment on Palestine. Where are you meeting these people?

[@PaladinesAngel]

I don’t know how anyone can bring new life into the world now. It’s going to come full circle very soon. It seems unkind and actually cruel to throw children into this future we are creating.

[@mgoode180566]

Are we the baddies ??? 😂

[@derekspitz9225]

Yes. The militant identitarian left are very much the baddies.

[@eoincoveney6531]

The answer is pretty simple: UK has had 14 years to get familiar with right-wing governments.

[@AndrewWilsonStooshie]

The UK is not moving leftwards. Tories have been trying to catch up with Reform and Labour have been trying to catch up with the tories. Corbyn's manifesto wasn't much different to Blair's 97 manifesto. Yet he was seen as almost communist. That is how far to the right we've lurched.

[@TD.....]

No chance. Corbyns manifesto wanted public ownership of railways, water, national grid, and 10% of ALL large companies shares. 1997 Blair wasn’t close to this.

[@henryschwaiger6568]

We have been infiltrated by Marxist extremists.

[@andreaslamers9535]

@@TD..... hmm if you look around in UK today was he wrong?

[@Heath-Bounce]

​@@andreaslamers9535its besides the point, massively.

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

Please understand, since the actual Conservative Party has lurched further to the right, Starmer’s party has to take up the space left by them and rebrand that position as “the new Center”.

[@Heath-Bounce]

Poor journalism.

[@col.hertford9855]

This was no different to our EU Elections where a low turnout could be heavily influences by the of the right wing, and protest votes. UKIP used to do way better than in a National Election.

[@ftftyffghfvghfcht6701]

in 2014 sweden had the lowest violent crime rate in europe per capita. in 2015 they let in 160k refugees. today they have the 2nd highest violent crime rate in europe. 89% of people in prison for violent crime are the refugees. 48% of them are unemployed. i cant remember the exact number but since october 2023 theyve had about 150 explosions. this has happened across europe. for example in germany where 60% of their crime overall is now committed by non germans. every single one of the right wing shifts was exclusively because of refugees and immigration. even the ones that have remained super progressive (ie finland), have changed exactly one thing about their policy- refugees. finland literally declared that parts of syria were now safe so that the refugees could be sent back there. perhaps james might want to know that also, i could just keep listing facts about europe, but i thought i'd also mention this one: sweden is a benevolent welfare state. it gives more in benefits to non swedes than its military budget. also a big problem europe has with them is that they hand out passports like candy. so other EU member states have to let the refugees in when they have a swedish passport. EDIT: people are asking for sources. this information is so widely available that i wont bother because i cant be bothered

[@nazirkazi2588]

Share a link to your data source.

[@tryingmybest9819]

Cite your source for the 89% claim Also, just a quick point. If they have a Swedish passport, they are no longer refugees. Unless they are fleeing Sweden.

[@fergusdenoon1255]

If they have a Swedish passports, they're Swedish citizens, which is a contradiction in your statement that they give more benefits to non Swedish, as they obviously are Swedish if as you say, they are given Swedish passports. or is it like they're not real Swedish people, like the Jews weren't real German people... is it like that sort of thing you're talking about?

[@Terry-uo8gs]

Like ireland handing out thousands of passports to the brits, the brits has caused most of these refugees, because of bombing their countries. Going after their oil.

[@PLl-jr8xi]

Fergus blows a blood vessel when presented with facts and just get emotional . There there mate.. it's ok.

[@mrmonkey2214]

Just here to let the leftists know that slapping a far right label or any other label on me for that matter does not bother me.

[@jonbeadle314]

No one cares if it bothers you 😂 it’s just stating a fact

[@mrmonkey2214]

Tory and Labour are pretty much the same party. Vote Reform if you want to save your country.

[@mrmonkey2214]

@@jonbeadle314 maybe the university mugged you off. Just a thought bud.

[@mrmonkey2214]

@@jonbeadle314 It appears your higher/superior education has been a colossal waste of time and effort. Lefty's often lack common sense.

[@fifiadan]

@@jonbeadle314It’s sad these people know so little about anything they think far right exists just to hurt their feelings 😂

[@Lynnefromlyn]

I am astonished that people in Europe would turn to the extreme right,after having experienced the very worst of the Fascists during WW2. Have they no memories?

[@ChildOfTheWilderness]

Why do you think we had WW2? Because nobody learned from WW1

[@boogiewoogie9770]

That's nonsense.

[@leohoddle7203]

Why? Have you not seen what has happened in France and Germany in recent history? Net zero madness garnished with mass immigration.

[@artoffderidikulous3009]

Yes, and this is why history repeats itself.

[@alanbrookes275]

Half of Europe in 1945 went to being under the heel of the Soviet jackboot and they voted more towards the centre overall and the more extreme right lost ground except in Germany. People are becoming more angry at the political ruling class ruling for themselves in general though of course the "far right" has to deal with the realities if it gets in power.

[@robv116]

The right has more money/power/media presence. MAGA type people are in every country. Those in power change the rules to stay in power. (see: gerrymandering)

[@nzreggae2534]

'Far right' meaning: 'Peaceful and loving prevention of the erasure and extinction of Indigenous European peoples from their ancient ancestral homelands and preservation of their unique way of life forever, for the benefit of all mankind' The British Islands belong to the English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish native peoples forever.

[@patrikfloding7985]

Lot's of very poorly informed people. Unfortunately the Russian Troll Factory has worked pretty well, and still does.

[@AntonSmyth-od6rc]

Unwilling dupes for our actual enemies. Sad really

[@calmingcrist4515]

Russian Troll Factory has nothing on the Zionist trolls, not even close...

[@cameroncopus9737]

No people are just fed up with the state of there countries and how there treated in there own countries

[@joannacarter9988]

@@cameroncopus9737 there, their, they're, it'll be alright.

[@jeffsimon9594]

@@joannacarter9988 Lots of James's little cult members have terrible spelling & grammar too. Just saying.

[@leohoddle7203]

Has Islamic integration worked in France? 200k Jews have left France in recent history.

[@nazirkazi2588]

Could you share a link to your data source?

[@patrickburns574]

West Bank?

[@Tymbus]

And where are they now? Israel?

[@leohoddle7203]

@@Tymbus I haven’t been privy to their escape plans.

[@meneurdujeu]

Because the EU haven't learned anything since Brexit. You can't get away from the fact that they've not tried to decentralise any countries. Capital cities like Dublin/Paris/Brussels become oversaturated, neglectikg corner industrial heartlands and rural areas. Political class in Brussels, made up of dynastic-like bureaucrats passing jobs on their kids, don't care. Immigration's out of control in south of Europe, Brussels should be bringing European MNCs into account and addressing structural issues that exist in Africa that cause this immigration.

[@Ghost-airlines]

They are actually FAR FROM far right 😂 if you, you know, study political science for 10 minutes….

[@jexxajess6837]

This is why I don't even listen to this trash anymore. The reality is that people are not far or extreme right, the centre that used to be the logical choice has moved so far left we've lost our identities. There's nothing wrong with wanting our countries back before we go too far down the rabbit hole we couldn't reverse it..

[@mustrumridcully3853]

Thatcher made this country centre right and middle class. Every tory since has pushed it further to the right, like a rubber band it is moving back to the middle.

[@jexxajess6837]

@@mustrumridcully3853 don't think that's right. If they were that far right we wouldn't have the woke nonsense or the immigration crisis. Equally, if that was the case, why are the press continuing with the right wing crP. The problem is they're all trying to be populist

[@gerardodwyer5908]

Hasn't largely right wing leaning LBC "cancelled" journalists and broadcasters, including popular hosts of shows, with liberal left wing opinions?

[@kevinlarke4837]

That's a lie , it's the other way round .🙄

[@kent76461]

Because people are sick of being labelled "far right" when they just have legitimate concerns about the society

[@onomatopoeia162003]

The Know Nothings of the 1840-50's were anti-immigrant as well. And a few other issue's here in the US.

[@lewis123417]

Ignore their concerns at your peril. The result of the centre parties continually refusing to address people's concerns about immigration is ruinning our democracies

[@edvigq]

@@lewis123417 If Starmer banned all immigration on day one, the goal posts would shift to getting rid of anyone with a drop of (brown) immigrant blood. And somone would be shouting at dissenters for refusing to address people's concerns, and blaming then for ruining what could be a harmonious ethno-state. I remember the National Front supporting kids in my comprehensive. It's not fear-mongering. It's just the next stage of the cycle.

[@dreamcoyote]

@@lewis123417 I would also submit that the right of center parties lying about immigrants and blaming them for far more than they cause is also ruining our democracies.

[@lewis123417]

@dreamcoyote I agree the dishonesty and refusal to be open in our discussions and delegitimising views we dont like around immigration from all sides isn't helpful

[@alansmith4748]

It's happening because extremism on one side nearly always results in extremism on the other

[@fifiadan]

But that implies there is leftist extremism. The leftist equivalent would be something like communism or extreme redistribution of wealth. Where is that happening?

[@peacecraft9354]

@@fifiadan What is a woman?

[@PLl-jr8xi]

Far left is when homosexuality is promoted on things like Dr Who. Having non stop adverts with interracial couples. Etc.

[@simplesimonhadapie]

​@@PLl-jr8xi except it's not it's merely free speech of the writers who create the show. What you are against is free speech of anyone who isn't yourself or at least wanting to ignore reality at minimum and deny others the voice you have.

[@kevinlarke4837]

@@fifiadanthere is , you should look into the riots in Paris yesterday , Palestine flags were there communist flags out there , tearing down the French flag smashing up of shops and businesses and attacking the police . Because Marine le pen won .

[@user-xr7dr1mp3s]

How out of touch is this guy!!!

[@Tymbus]

More in touch than you!

[@user-xr7dr1mp3s]

@@Tymbus obvıousiy not fool

[@bipolarminddroppings]

@@user-xr7dr1mp3s JoB has an audience of 1.4 million, how many people listen to you on a daily basis? Now, explain to me how you're the one who is "in touch" and JoB isn't...

[@barrykrishna9981]

The problem is there is virtually no difference between the mainstream parties.

[@nathanmitchell295]

Does James actually ever explain his position, on anything? Because all I ever hear him do is attack the “far right” in his words because “they’re meanies who don’t like immigration”.

[@gordonstrong5232]

The nordic countries bucked the far right shift.

[@Jamie-uk2zh]

Because they have been given a strong dose of cultural enrichment especially Sweden

[@Durka-Durka01]

No dinghy divers there

[@mustrumridcully3853]

@@Durka-Durka01 Except Sweden took tens of thousands - so thats your comment stuffed.

[@gordonstrong5232]

​@@Jamie-uk2zh The right in Sweden made gains in September 2022, which they've lost this time around. There hasn't been enough immigration since then to account for the pushback.

[@Durka-Durka01]

@@mustrumridcully3853 not half as many as the rest of the EU and GB. Worry not, the cultural enrichment will strike again at some point, and hopefully their voters will wake up and smell the coffee. 🙄

[@henryschwaiger6568]

Cry me a river of salt JOB. Vote Reform please.

[@spring_in_paris]

James, please invite Adam Tooze on full disclosure. When your team researches his vita, it will become clear as day, why I'm suggesting him as a guest. With love from Germany ❤

[@user-tf7uo9tv8d]

Makes one wonder about fighting for the Ukrainian AZOV mobsters, does it not?

[@garyb455]

They are not Far Right they are Common Sense Right

[@middleman9183]

'Fair' Right........👍

[@bipolarminddroppings]

if you call thinking the SS weren't all evil "common sense" then you probably need to meet more people.

[@covfefe1787]

@@bipolarminddroppings we fought on the wrong side of World War II we were warned and Europe has paid the price.

[@11buster1000]

Far right-wing media bosses.

[@Durka-Durka01]

😂

[@rb1062]

Shows how much you know!

[@user-np8nr5uw3r]

Are they in the room with us right now?

[@Sharaz-kt3jf]

❤❤❤

[@ronaldkable]

Europeans, such as people everywhere, really, are indicating through their vote that they're not prepared to give up an iota of tradition and comfort in the face of the need to adapt to the changing climate, and are willing to accept the consequences of these choices

[@Amen-sx3mp]

I'm not sure drawing parallels with Nazis is helpful. As Glenn Greenwald says, it was a rare and evil circumstance. I agree with him.

[@AndrewWilsonStooshie]

Right wing parties don't just appear out of nowhere. Populations have to be agitated to do so. And people like Banon and Putin are doing just that.

[@lewis123417]

So the far right only became a problem because of Putin? More burying your heads in the sand over immigration I see

[@Minifigz]

Really? Nothing to do with the total mismanagement of countries run by left wing parties?

[@derekspitz9225]

Yes. We don't live in a political vacuum. And don't forget parties on every side openly not giving any fcuks about what ordinary working people think or want. That's how the UK ended up with Brexit and how the US ended up with Trump. It also explains the recent success of the populist right in Europe.

[@KoshVorlon-xb3wq]

Bacon, May be going to jail soon.

[@derekspitz9225]

@@KoshVorlon-xb3wq Porky Pig is innocent!

[@geoffwilliams2308]

The current Labour Party is more right wing than any previous Labour Party. The policies and views of Starmer would not have been out of place in Thatcher's government.

[@GregOrCreg]

Thank you Tory plant for your contribution. If the Tories pull off a miraculous win, they'll know who to sign the cheque to.

[@jamesgravil9162]

Obama said something similar, that his tax structure wasn't too different to Reagan's. Yet he was branded a "socialist" in the US. If this keeps on, thirty years from now people will be calling Trump a communist, for wanting the super-rich to pay any tax at all.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

you can't have been born before 2000, else there is no excuse for spewing such nonsense. Blair never even thought of lowering the voting age, or re-nationalising the railways and energy companies, quite the opposite, he sold off more of our national assets. You clearly don't know what left and right wing mean, nor have any clue what policies Blair or Thatcher had.