In Germany, only 40 per cent of the population trust the Protestant Church, and trust in the Catholic Church is down to 20 per cent. Politicians will continue to fail to see the implications.
At the Hessian party conference, arch-“conservative” Gauland wishes for a “liberal” wing without Lucke, whose supporters walk out. With a party like that, who needs political enemies? http://m.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/afd-gauland-will-liberalen-fluegel-ohne-lucke-13620465.html
Less than a year after the election, a third MP in Thuringia has left the AfD caucus in the Landtag, bringing down the number of their MPs to eight.
Patrick Dunleavy is not happy about the Conservative win: Three more years of Cameron – but it will be a rocky road ahead Why GRAMMAR MATTERS. This is depressing: Amnesty’s report on “Europe’s sinking shame: The failure to save refugees and migrants at sea” What do you call a past counterfactual? Useful information, anyway: What…
I’m currently in the process of digging deeper into what the AfD and their supporters do on Facebook and have collected almost eleven more months of posts. The emerging picture is rather clear. Overall, Lucke’s presence is still remarkable, but Petry is rapidly gaining ground.
Me, in AfD prophet mode: Full WEP article ($) Rage over the lost coin:British Polling Council seeks investigation into skewed results How I kept a promise to Ben. Definitively time to go home now.
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="180"] Photo by *_* [/caption] My favourite if vaguely remembered piece of medieval history is the bit when assorted popes, antipopes, and anti-antipopes busily excommunicated each other. The AfD has reached that stage. A few days ago, Lucke forced a motion of the national executive that aims at unseating Höcke as party…
I would not normally recommend acting on any of my predictions, because I have an amazing track-record of being wrong a long time in advance. But once in a blue moon, I get it right. In my WEP article on the AfD’s EP 2014 manifesto, I have pointed out that there was a rift between…
An update on the far-right infighting in the European Parliament: A far-right confederacy of quarrels Lucid: The system used to favour Labour, now favours the Conservatives. Welcome to the lottery: The new “skew” of the electoral system in 2015 Going down Memory Lane: OTDI 1981 Roy Jenkins, David Owen, William Rodgers & Shirley Williams launched…
Interview with Handelsblatt Global on right-wing activism and right-terrorism in Germany: A Clear and Present Danger. Update 2023: this is unfortunately gone with the rest of Handelsblatt Global. Photo by editor64