Populism
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Countering Right-wing populists requires building broadest possible alliances, and simple messaging with emotional appeal
Samrat •A lot of liberal and Left supporters tend to sow divisions internally by othering anyone with whom they disagree. Their quest for ideological purity contrasts sharply with the Right’s, which shows no such compunctions.
Labour Day 2019: Not just vanishing private investments, high cost of labour too is killing India's job market
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 •There is no major mention of labour reforms in the BJP manifesto, even the Congress manifesto which speaks GST reforms and job creation has paid no significant attention to labour law reforms
BJP manifesto: Narendra Modi defies politics of baiting poor with doles, promises steps to alleviate poverty
Ajay Singh •Narendra Modi seems set to redefine the contours of politics in Lok Sabha Election 2019 by avoiding making any reference to ‘welfarism’
Minus Rs 72,000 for poor, Congress Manifesto 2019 makes right noises; Rahul's NYAY will be party's headache
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 •While Congress' poll manifesto is sensitive towards major economic issues, including unemployment, Rahul Gandhi's Nyay scheme is fraught with major risks — both as an idea and on the implementation front
Job quotas, loan waivers and now UBI promise: Will Union Budget 2019 halt wave of populist announcements?
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 •A series of populist policies may help the politicians to win elections but they are certainly doing a disservice to the nation in the long-term.
Donald Trump likely to oust US Homeland Security boss Kirstjen Nielsen; wants 'John Wayne' brand hardliner as replacement
Nikhila Natrajan •Kirstjen Nielsen, the top immigration official in the Trump administration, is likely being booted out. “It’s no longer ‘if’, it’s ‘when’”, is the buzz at the White House which offered no comment on “personnel issues”. Trump has long understood to have had problems with Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen - a protege of Trump’s chief of staff John Kelly who has been the DHS Secretary’s champion from well before her appointment.
US midterm results: Donald Trump victory lap signals he will weaponise hardline immigration for 2020 bid
Nikhila Natrajan •US president Donald Trump pounced on the mixed verdict from midterm elections 2018 and spun it as a “tremendous success”, signalling that he’s not going to back down from his hardline agenda on immigration and race as a political battle cry that speaks the secret lingo that his predominantly white, male and rural base wants to hear all the way into Trump’s 2020 re-election bid.
US midterm elections 2018: Democrats score thumping House win, Republicans keep Senate, Donald Trump spins result as 'tremendous success'
•US President Donald Trump on Wednesday celebrated Senate Republican gains in the midterm election but immediately threatened Democrats, who won back control of the House and with it the power to investigate the president's personal and professional conduct.
US midterm elections 2018: Voters punish Donald Trump; Democrats seize House control, Republicans keep Senate
Nikhila Natrajan •A resounding no. America’s voters young and old delivered a stinging rebuke against Donald Trump’s bile-filled racist dog whistling brand of political campaigning for the midterm elections 2018 where he cast the choice as a battle against a migrant invasion which could end up putting (white) Americans at risk of violent crime versus military style border control and a threat to end birthright citizenship.
US midterm elections 2018: Democrats inch towards House control, need 12 more seats to win as an anxious nation awaits final results
•Republicans were clinging to delicate majorities in the House and Senate Tuesday night as an anxious nation watched whether voters would reward or reject the GOP in the first nationwide election of Donald Trump's turbulent presidency.