Jake Richards, a Labour MP, cautions that Keir Starmer's government might suffer a fate similar to that of recently defeated German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. After a fact-finding trip to Germany, he identified worrying parallels between Labour's current challenges and those faced by Scholz's Social Democratic Party, particularly regarding immigration, welfare, and the rise of the far-right. As support for far-right parties grows across Europe, Richards emphasizes the urgent need for Labour to respond effectively to these threats and adjust their messaging to counteract these trends.
There are uncanny and sort of haunting similarities between the SPD's predicament and what might happen unless this government delivers, Richards said.
Scholz ran as a chancellor focused on the transition to a green economy, on growth, on housebuilding and their vote share essentially halved in four years.
Many are worried that the wave of support for far-right candidates across Europe, including in Germany where Scholz's Social Democratic party (SPD) came third behind the AfD, could be replicated in the UK at the next election.
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