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How a Viktor Orbán-backed populist think tank is stoking Scotland’s culture war

WHEN MCC Brussels – a soft power outpost of right-wing Hungarian president Viktor Orbán’s privately run “pet” University, Mathias Corvinus…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 5, 2025

Protesting farmers are having to fight off the radical right, conspiracy theorists and climate sceptics

Thousands of farmers travelled to London on November 19 to protest the new government’s first budget and its imposition of new inheritance tax rules. Nearly a month later, on December 12, there was another protest, this time with more tractors, fewer celebrities, and only a tiny fraction of the media…

The Conversation · Dec 13, 2024

Climate crisis leaves European farmers vulnerable to far right, say campaigners

Populist groups capitalising on costly environmental policies that affect farmers by offering them support

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2024

Back-to-back northern NSW floods take toll on mental health of SES volunteers

Sixteen-hour days and the stress of triaging life and death situations have taken a toll on SES volunteers, who senior members say are blaming themselves for not being able to do more during the flood crisis.

ABC News · Apr 13, 2022