Australia’s right-wing populist One Nation has won its first lower house seat, promising to end mass migration and reduce the cost of living. While the result doesn’t change the Prime Minister’s parliamentary majority, it signals momentum for the party, which is polling strongly and whose leader remains highly popular with voters.
Polling opened in the UK for local elections that could intensify pressure on Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The vote is expected to highlight gains by both hard-right and left-wing populists, adding to growing voter backlash. Starmer and his wife cast ballots near Parliament in Westminster as the results loom over the government.
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Hungarian voters have delivered a major jolt to Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party, signaling potential limits to the populist wave that has reshaped politics across Europe. The result is being framed as a watershed moment, suggesting that public support for hardline, anti-establishment agendas may be shifting as voters demand different leadership and priorities.
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