Jobs, wages – and stubbornly buoyant Conservative poll ratings

Wages are growing at their fastest rate for ten years, and employment is at a near-record high. But qualifications are necessary…

WATCH: Brexit Britain is an oasis of moderation even while populists rise elsewhere, notes Daniel Hannan

“In which EU country does the public when polled take the most positive view of immigration?”

Daniel Hamilton: Bolsonaro, Brazil’s firebrand, sweeps the political establishment away – inspiring hopes and fears

If he wins the presidency, the big question will be which of his views – ranging from vague economic good sense to out-and-out bigotry – he actually means.

Profile: Gina Miller, Remain campaigner. Brave, quintessentially British – and “an absolute nightmare…impossible to work with”

This symbol to some of a self-righteous metropolitan elite is, in her way, a populist, who knows that her strength lies in reaching out to the people.

Alex Morton: British Conservatives should beware Trump, but we can also learn from him

The President, and the wider rise of right-wing populism around the world, offers us some examples of what to do – and what not to do.

Robert Halfon: In defence of populism

It’s time for us to acknowledge that it is a response to our own failures – and to listen to voters who are opting for it.

Rebecca Lowe Coulson: Why Brexit, politics – and everything else – can’t just be about economics

A weakness in this book is that its support for nation states is predicated on disappointed economic necessity.

How Twitter enabled a tawdry oaf to become President

In his new book, Peter Oborne interprets a collection of the outrageous Tweets which carried Trump to high office.

Garvan Walshe: Macron’s victory means that May’s Brexit strategy must change fast

By seeing off Le Pen and electing the most ideologically pro-EU president since Giscard d’Estaing, France has changed the game.

Garvan Walshe: Wilders’s strength is greatly exaggerated – for now

He is a talented populist and looks set to do well in next week’s Dutch election. The question is what he will do then.

Julian Glassford: To defuse populism we must reboot capitalism

Popular anger won’t fade whilst the system excessively rewards the very few.

Graeme Archer: Why I’m not betting against Marine le Pen

France’s choice, then: economic (global) liberalism, versus (communitarian) promises of welfarism and border control. Remind you of anything?

Rebecca Coulson: Beware wanting to surrender democracy. For once you’ve done so, you may not get it back.

Only in a place or time where you hadn’t witnessed the effects on people of a lack of choice might you be willing to countenance it yourself.

Stuart Gardner: Do events in Lithuania signal the end for freedom of movement?

When the moral case is made for high levels of immigration, the negative impact of mass emigration on the countries left behind always seems to be forgotten.

Daniel Hannan: Populists flourish after financial crises – but they get found out in the end

One historical study has found that, on average, authoritarian parties surge by around 30 per cent as the economic consequences play out.