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SUMMARY:Why populists are winning and how to beat them
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (Ol
 d Theatre\, Old Building)
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 13 May 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakerLiam Byrne MPDiscussa
 ntsProfessor Sara B HoboltZoe WilliamsChairDr Andy SummersIn 2024\, two bi
 llion people went to vote – and populism won big. Donald Trump returned 
 to the White House. Marine Le Pen surged in France. Reform UK became Brita
 in’s most successful far-right party in modern history. Across the West\
 , authoritarian populists now govern one-quarter of the world’s democrac
 ies. But is this peak populism – or the populists’ tipping point?In hi
 s latest book\, Liam Byrne exposes the forces propelling the populist surg
 e – and reveals how to stop it. He traces the millions flowing into Brit
 ain’s populist media-political complex. He maps the rhetoric populists u
 se to weaponise fear and nostalgia. And he warns: democracies rarely colla
 pse in normal times – they fall after the next crisis\, when hope collap
 ses. Why Populists Are Winning sets out a bold plan to rebuild the radical
  centre of Western politics. It is a field manual for democratic renewal 
 – written for anyone who refuses to let fear win. This event will draw c
 onnections between growing inequality and the populists’ clarion call fo
 r a ‘revolt against elites’. Our speakers will unveil the uncomfortabl
 e answers behind – and transformative strategies to tackle – the defin
 ing crises of our time.Meet our speakers and chairLiam Byrne is the Labour
  MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North. He is a member of His Ma
 jesty’s Privy Council and the Chair of the House of Commons Business and
  Trade Select Committee. Liam served in Gordon Brown’s Cabinet. He chair
 ed the Global Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF\, 2019–202
 5. The author of more than twenty publications\, Liam’s previous book\, 
 The Inequality of Wealth: Why it Matters and How to Fix it\, was shortlist
 ed for the Westminster Book Awards 2024.Sara Hobolt is the Sutherland Chai
 r in European Institutions and the Head of the Department of Government at
  LSE. Her research focuses on elections\, referendums\, public opinion and
  political parties. In her forthcoming book\, Tribal Politics. How Brexit 
 Divided Britain\, she examines how the Brexit vote gave rise to new politi
 cal identities in Britain. She is the President of the European Political 
 Science Society (EPSS) and the Chair of the European Election Studies.Zoe 
 Williams has been a columnist on the Guardian since 2000. Previously\, she
  wrote a column for the London Evening Standard. Broadcasting includes Que
 stion Time\, Daily Politics\, The Politics Show and Newsnight (BBC)\; Disp
 atches and Channel 4 News (Channel 4)\; All Out Politics and Sunrise (Sky 
 News)\; and the Today programme\, Any Questions\, and Woman’s Hour (BBC 
 Radio 4). She is the author of Get it Together: Why We Deserve Better Poli
 tics\, The Madness of Modern Parenting and Bring It On\, Baby.Andy Summers
  is an Associate Professor of Law at LSE and an Associate of the Internati
 onal Inequalities Institute at LSE. His teaching and research focuses on t
 ax law and policy\, particularly the taxation of wealth. His work also inv
 estigates the measurement of inequality using tax data.More about this eve
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