​I have to give credit to Trump for how he holds a mirror to people in positions of power and influence. He's challenging them to show some courage and DO SOMETHING about his corruption, disregard for all and any rules, bullying behaviour...

​I have to give credit to Trump for how he holds a mirror to people in positions of power and influence. He's challenging them to show some courage and DO SOMETHING about his corruption, disregard for all and any rules, bullying behaviour...

There’s a massive gulf between Farage facing scrutiny and Reform UK vanishing in a puff of smoke. If we look across Europe, populist radical-right parties have proven to be usually very resilient.

Fresh attack by Trump, to which Meloni may feel compelled to respond. Image published on Truth Social depicting Italian premier in 'adoration' before the President of the United States.

As someone who invested in Bitcoin, took crypto conference fees, pledged his party's loyalty to the industry, and raked in huge crypto donations... yes, Nigel Farage obviously needs investigating over his murky financial affairs. But there is a massive "BUT" here. 👇 (1/4)

As someone who invested in Bitcoin, took crypto conference fees, pledged his party's loyalty to the industry, and raked in huge crypto donations... yes, Nigel Farage obviously needs investigating over his murky financial affairs. But there is a massive "BUT" here. 👇 (1/4)

The "anti-swamp" Farage being swamped by formal requests to investigate his own shadowy financial affairs… the irony is off the charts. First it was undeclared £5m crypto billionaire gift, now it's allegations of backroom crypto lobbying...

The Pope is in Lampedusa today, where so many arrive, having crossed the Mediterranean sea: "The dead people in this sea are victims both of decisions made and decisions not made".

The Pope is in Lampedusa today, where so many arrive, having crossed the Mediterranean sea: "The dead people in this sea are victims both of decisions made and decisions not made".

The determination and sheer gusto shown by the UK in shooting itself in both feet recently and hammering its own excellence (culture, music, Universities, and more) is something to behold and that future historians will find very difficult to explain...

The determination and sheer gusto shown by the UK in shooting itself in both feet recently and hammering its own excellence (culture, music, Universities, and more) is something to behold and that future historians will find very difficult to explain...

Watching the Meloni government try to juggle being the "defender of Catholic identity" (including against Trump) while the Pope actively dismantles their performative anti-immigration agenda is peak political theatre...

Watching the Meloni government try to juggle being the "defender of Catholic identity" (including against Trump) while the Pope actively dismantles their performative anti-immigration agenda is peak political theatre...

Mahmood could drive her own parents to the airport in a Ministerial car to deport them, and they’d still find a fault... Goalposts will forever shift. It’s wild these people still haven't realized you can't please a crowd that inherently rejects you. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06...

Mahmood could drive her own parents to the airport in a Ministerial car to deport them, and they’d still find a fault... Goalposts will forever shift. It’s wild these people still haven't realized you can't please a crowd that inherently rejects you. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06...

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We are entering phase 1 ("fixing a broken system that has failed ordinary working people"). Phase 2 ("why did it all go wrong, the PM is sooo disliked?") will be upon us before you know it. Certainly by the winter...

The Home Secretary is such a broken record with her performative cruelty leading the Labour party on the road to nowhere since forever... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The Home Secretary is such a broken record with her performative cruelty leading the Labour party on the road to nowhere since forever... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

We are entering phase 1 ("fixing a broken system that has failed ordinary working people"). Phase 2 ("why did it all go wrong, the PM is sooo disliked?") will be upon us before you know it. Certainly by the winter...

Alexa, trovami un esempio recente di "giornalismo reggimicrofono"... mediasetinfinity.mediaset.it/video/tgcom2...

We went from "Ed can't eat a bacon sandwich properly" to "he is literally running a 1980s-style West African military junta". And honestly, what a character arc for him. "Having lived under both" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here...

We went from "Ed can't eat a bacon sandwich properly" to "he is literally running a 1980s-style West African military junta". And honestly, what a character arc for him. "Having lived under both" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here...

This week I spoke to Marta Mladenova of Bulgarian National Radio, covering the relationship between Meloni & Trump + competition between radical and extreme right parties in Italy today. It is the opposition's key task to exploit Meloni's current weakness now. Will they? bnrnews.bg/main/post/49...

"We are certainly open to join the right wing coalition, providing our red lines are respected". This was Vannacci to the press today... Who would have thought, folks? ;-)

This week I talked about competition for votes within the Italian radical right (Vannacci vs. Salvini/Meloni) with To Vima (article in Greek): www.tovima.gr/2026/06/27/w...

Meloni faces a classic dilemma: co-opt a rival into the inner circle, or leave an adversarial figure free to disrupt from the periphery. If she chooses exclusion over containment, she risks fracturing the right and handing the election to the Left-M5S coalition. A few percentage points will matter.

This week I talked about competition for votes within the Italian radical right (Vannacci vs. Salvini/Meloni) with To Vima (article in Greek): www.tovima.gr/2026/06/27/w...

Oh look, some real leadership

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Head, please meet Nail.

Recent research on the #RadicalRight

If you want to cause "massive" problems to Meloni, right when she is trying to clean up her image (tainted by too cosy relations with Trump in the past), tell Italian voters that she provided "massive" support to US operations in Iran. www.ft.com/content/f5e2...

If you want to cause "massive" problems to Meloni, right when she is trying to clean up her image (tainted by too cosy relations with Trump in the past), tell Italian voters that she provided "massive" support to US operations in Iran. www.ft.com/content/f5e2...

The Greens shifting from 2024's "closer ties" to outright "Rejoin" on Brexit anniversary is top-tier strategy. Burnham’s Labour party will be scared of touching Europe, leaving a large pool of left-wing voters uncontested. The Greens are planning to own this issue, which makes a lot of sense.

Ten years after the referendum, I am surprised to learn that Brexit made existing economic challenges facing UK harder to solve & also that there were very few gains from newly found Brexit "freedoms". If only academics and other "experts" had warned us at the time... ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-ten-y...

The Greens shifting from 2024's "closer ties" to outright "Rejoin" on Brexit anniversary is top-tier strategy. Burnham’s Labour party will be scared of touching Europe, leaving a large pool of left-wing voters uncontested. The Greens are planning to own this issue, which makes a lot of sense.

Ten years after the referendum, I am surprised to learn that Brexit made existing economic challenges facing UK harder to solve & also that there were very few gains from newly found Brexit "freedoms". If only academics and other "experts" had warned us at the time... ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-ten-y...

Andy is getting the warm-up applause every popular figure gets before they actually have to do anything. The minute he starts allocating resources, watch the same pundits flip the script — gushing today, "what happened to him?" by next quarter. Resource allocation is where likability goes to die

Andy is getting the warm-up applause every popular figure gets before they actually have to do anything. The minute he starts allocating resources, watch the same pundits flip the script — gushing today, "what happened to him?" by next quarter. Resource allocation is where likability goes to die

As the UK takes in its newest PM, get ready for a miracle. All of the country’s deep-seated problems are about to completely vanish into thin air thanks to the new guy's "charisma"... 🧵

As the UK takes in its newest PM, get ready for a miracle. All of the country’s deep-seated problems are about to completely vanish into thin air thanks to the new guy's "charisma"... 🧵

​Trump just doubled down on his attacks against Meloni—and he did it directly on Italian TV: ​"I am not only disappointed by Italy, but also by all NATO leaders. I don't know whether to withdraw from the Atlantic Alliance." ​The timing and location here are absolutely not a coincidence.

​Trump is a huge liability for radical right leaders across Europe. Meloni is currently playing damage control, but she should have known better much earlier on. ​Aligning with MAGA was always going to come with a cost, as @amykazmin.bsky.social explains www.ft.com/content/1adc...

The Economist out here framing "pint-sized champagne" and new wine bottle shapes as Brexit wins. The bar for quality journalism hasn't just been lowered; it's been recycled into a 568ml bottle. 📉🍷 www.economist.com/britain/2026...

Italy now has strong and stable, predictable politics, and the UK is a chaotic, unpredictable rollercoaster. 🎢 ​I’ll be live on Times Radio at 11:20 PM tonight to unpack this beautifully upside-down reality. Tune in, it’s gonna be a fun one! 📻

Meloni and Trump again trading harsh words today. The guy continues to inflict damage on Europe's radical right each time he opens his mouth...

Meloni and Trump again trading harsh words today. The guy continues to inflict damage on Europe's radical right each time he opens his mouth...

Who knows, maybe the "Populist International" will finally step in and help Farage now... ;-)

More coverage of the fierce competition on the right in Italy about a year or so before the next general election (by Hannah Roberts, Politico): www.politico.eu/article/far-...