British political right shifts further toward extremist positions
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The Economist
19d ago· 1 min readenInsight
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The article discusses the rightward shift in British politics, where far-right ideas like capital punishment and mass deportations are becoming mainstream. It highlights how small extremist parties like Restore, which made inflammatory statements about executing a Sudanese refugee, are pulling larger parties like Reform UK and the Conservatives further to the right through a logic of escalating extremism.
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· 4 pulledA Restore Britain government will put murderous third-world savages to death
Tragedy brought clarity: the British right is moving right
Ideas that were until recently extreme, whether capital punishment or mass deportations, are now mainstream
Yet they are pulling Reform UK and the Conservatives further to the right with a simple remorseless logic: that there is no limit to how nasty the
Amid riots in Belfast, Restore promises to put “murderous third-world savages to death”
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