It’s turned politics on its head in countries around the world in 2018, and it threatens to further disturb the centre next year. But what exactly is populism – and how is it likely to play out in Ireland?
Donald Trump’s extraordinary rise to the US presidency was fuelled in no small part by a drift towards populism in the US, caused in turn by years of economic stagnation Picture: Getty
A newspaper after Jair Bolsonaro won the Brazilian presidential election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 29, 2018. (Photo by Cris Faga/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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SZEKESFEHERVAR, HUNGARY - APRIL 06: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends his Fidesz party campaign closing rally on April 6, 2018 in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. Hungary will hold a parliamentary election on April 8, 2018. (Photo by Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images)
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