Hell in a Handcart – what is it with right wing populism?

Hell in a Handcart – what is it with right wing populism?

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”  – George Orwell Another in our occasional series investigating the key questions, conundrums and queries in a maddeningly complex world. This time – what is it with right wing populism? We hear much these days about ‘populist’ politics. But what does that mean? What characterises it? It’s not too much of a stretch to suggest that the term is almost exclusively linked to right-wing …