If Keir Starmer’s Labour party wins power this year, it will be bucking a trend. In many European countries, it’s not the centre left but the right – and all too often the far right – that seems to be on a roll.
In France, Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National is leading in the polls. In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders’ equally extreme Freedom party (PVV) scooped nearly a quarter of the vote at last November’s general election and has increased its support as coalition negotiations drag on.
