Anti-Islam Dutch politician Geert Wilders has criticized the arrest of Tommy Robinson, who was detained last week after drawing attention to a trial of an alleged Muslim child abuse gang,“ as an attack on free speech. “I am here because I am shocked and outraged. What happened in the United Kingdom last week is an […]
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The Pollster Who Predicted Trump Thinks Geert Wilders Could Win Too
USC economist Arie Kapteyn’s polling model picked up on nationalist sentiment in the US, and it’s seeing the same spike in Dutch right-wing populism. The post The Pollster Who Predicted Trump Thinks Geert Wilders Could Win Too appeared first on WIRED. WIRED
Dutch nationalist leader Geert Wilders slips to 2nd in poll 2 weeks before parliamentary election
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch nationalist Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders has slipped to second place in the Peilingwijzer poll of polls with two weeks to go until a parliamentary election. Wilders was on 15.7 percent, behind the conservative VVD party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte for the first time since November. Rutte’s party was […]