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Matthew Goodwin: An Electable Far Right?

Matthew Goodwin says supporters of the far right are generally neither irrational nor isolated, and that a far right party without extremist baggage could be electable in Britain.

Matthew Goodwin says supporters of the far right are generally neither irrational nor isolated, and that a far right party without extremist baggage could be electable in Britain.

He has spent much of the last decade with members and supporters of the British far right, examining their hopes and aspirations, what they wish to achieve.

As an expert in electoral behaviour and extremism at the University of Nottingham, he has also been carefully studying hundreds of polls to explore whether there is a wider resonance for their message. It is an intensely controversial area of study - particularly in the light of the recent atrocities in Norway.

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  • Wed 28 Sep 2011 20:45

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