Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
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Alexander Clarkson
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This is the DUP politician Radio 4 interviewed this morning and has on repeat on news bulletins.
No wonder we are where we are
In short: given the nature of contemporary politics and the elite political dynamics Brexit and social media have cursed the UK with, it needs to be *much* more difficult for UK politicians to change fundamental policy. Which suggests something much more like a written constitutional model.
Zemmour will get hundreds of articles in the Anglophone press over the next year despite only scoring max 4.5% in polls.
Zemmour won't be elected; Zemmour won't move the needle; Zemmour is not worth watching that closely.
30, 40 years ago, we all knew this. Loyalism was in fair part a radical right movement, a home to thugs. The peace dividend saw us forget, fail to keep an eye on an embittered minority biding its time to fuel, refuel the hate. Shame on us too.
The issue here is that loyalist terror networks have always had tight relationships with the Far Right in England, Scotland and Wales. After the riots in Southport there are risks that these neo-Fascist networks in England in particular view loyalist terror structures as a source of inspiration
Note how this foreshadows the rhetoric of Restore, EDL and Raise the Colours
The most effective contribution of Whitehall strategic reviews to national defence
Asking observers in England, Scotland and Wales to "jog on" from events in Northern Ireland ignores the risks of how increasingly intertwined extremist networks across Europe draw lessons from one another for how to disrupt the power of democratic institutions
