In politics, as often happens in life, there are signs that, even if they are very small, tell us whether or not we can continue to hope. This is the case of the dramatic electoral confrontation that took place last night in the English town of Stoke-on-Trent. Where, against all odds, Labor not only managed to keep the parliamentary seat made vacant by the resignation of one of their MPs with a majority of votes. But, here the true importance of the event shattered the dreams of Paul Nuttel - the exuberant successor of Neil Farage at the head of the ultranationalists of UKIP - of being able to obtain from the polls, something never happened in the past, the first parliamentary seat for his party. Hypothesis at first glance not at all strange, if we consider that last June, turning our backs on the voting indications of Labor, in Stoke-on-Trent the yeses to Brexit had been an absolute record: 70%.
An avalanche that the right intended to replicate also to confirm the irresistible and irreversible rise of conservative neo-populism set in motion, on a global scale, precisely by the separatist and anti-European vote of the British. And proof of the seriousness of the unexpected defeat suffered came when the new head of UKIP, knowing that he had received 5.233 votes against 7.853 for Labour, broke an unwritten but always respected rule in Anglo-Saxon political etiquette, to avoid embarrassing questions from the press, he literally fled through a secondary door of his headquarters, however in the wrong direction. To the point of forcing the local police to go and retrieve him to escort him to the service car. A touch of comedy that makes the sigh of relief even deeper and more pleasant. And that can be a good omen for the next two very delicate spring electoral appointments in France and Holland.
