Handelsblatt: Wie Facebook die AfD-Krise befeuert
Langer Artikel im Handelsblatt über die Bedeutung und Gefahren des Internets für die AfD (inzwischen leider gelöscht), mit O-Tönen u.a. von mir. Hier meine aktuelle Publikation zum Thema.
Germany: The Two Institutions Even Less Trusted Than the Protestant Church are the Catholic Church and the Party System
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.
The AfD: I’m Officially Out Of Headlines
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
Within Eight Months, AfD Caucus in Thuringia Has Lost One Quarter of Its Members
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.
Cameron, Grammar, Refugees, And Hung Parliaments: Four Links I Liked
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…
The AfD Leadership Struggle, in One Picture
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.
Linkfest
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.
The AfD Goes Game of Thrones
[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…
The AfD … [I’m running out of catchy titles]
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…
Linkfest: Far-right infighting, electoral systems, comics, and more
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…