Rory Stewart expresses strong concern regarding the rise of far-right street movements and their attempt to transition into mainstream political influence.

“Well, I think the first thing is that one should be disturbed and disturbed by the number of people that are supporting them.”

Alastair Campbell argues that far-right extremism must be actively confronted rather than ignored.

“You can't not confront this. You can't just pretend that it's part of a well, the country's not really working very well. This is This goes way beyond that.”

The conservative movement's historical reliance on racism and bigotry has inevitably led to the rise of overt anti-semitism within the MAGA base.

“I do not see a world where they successfully pack this up because if you have developed a movement off of every marginalized group and that is your north star as it is the Republicans, why wouldn't they also do that to the Jews when Jews for fascists have been the historic enemy for Christians in ge”

The AFD is an extremist, anti-liberal party with a leadership that aims to undermine the post-war democratic order by pursuing policies like remigration and anti-EU stances.

“what they are supporting is a party with a leadership that openly talks about, and her spells it out, millions of people being made so uncomfortable, which means violating their human rights, that they will leave or be expelled.”

A robust, pluralistic system with international checks and balances is the most effective way to address the global surge of the far right.

“One of the best ways to deal with it is a a robust pluralistic system with proportional representation with checks and balances being built in not just nationally but also internationally. And that's what you're getting in Europe.”