Quote Originally Posted by tforturton View Post
There is no real 'rise of the right' that I can see. Not in the sense of fascist far-right dictatorships, anyway. Europe is generally speaking democratic, and the parties in charge swing slowly from slightly left of centre, to slightly right of centre, then back again, depending on the mood of the time. People say the Tories are right-wing, but they are no more right-wing then Labour are left-wing. Just two different shades of the same stuff - you can hardly slip a fag-paper between them.
You don't think we have a right wing government ?

It's more right wing now than it was under Thatcher

Boris Johnson is judged as a libertarian but that doesn't mean he's a Liberal.