There is little to no conservative populism in Europe; in Europe the political spectrum ranges from centrist (the so-called "popular" parties, passing for right-wing but still very much statist-oriented) to the extreme left, which is widely accepted and part of governing coalitions all over the continent.
> There is little to no conservative populism in Europe
I am in London. My experience has differed - we have the Daily Mail and the Murdock press tying to influence national policy, we have a party of the "mainstream left" whose actions last time around included "public-private partnerships" (privatisation of schools and hospitals), an expensive foreign war on flimsy grounds, surveillance state via CCTV and internet monitoring, active support for extraordinary rendition, and they wanted to extend detention without trial to 40 days.
Currently we're finding out via the Leveson inquiry just how powerful the Murdock press has become.
I don't find that to be "left" at all. Who would you classify as "extreme left" in this case?
