I just read some interesting things about what is happening in parts of Europe, and it gives me hope.
First from The Spectator:
Charlie Kirk traveled to the United Kingdom in May to debate the students and faculty of Cambridge and Oxford Universities. After he returned he said, “Britain is the country trailing behind America. Make no mistake: Trump’s revolution is coming to the UK. But as I learned, just like in America, the students of elite universities may be the last to realize.
“In Britain at large, a very different attitude prevails. I spoke to everybody I could while there, from drivers and blue-collar workmen to journalists and the shockingly large number of people who recognized me in the streets. What I heard from them was clear. They’re angry at Britain’s net-zero-driven energy stagnation. They’re furious at the Biden-esque levels of immigration inflicted on them by their “Conservative” government in the past decade. Over and over, they told me they were ready to smash the British party system to bits and elect a Reform prime minister. The great turn in Britain is coming. And when it arrives, the students of Oxbridge will be the most surprised of all.”
So just as I was about to despair about what is happening in Great Britain, Charlie Kirk has given me hope.
Likewise from Poland:
WARSAW, June 2 (Reuters) – Nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki narrowly won Poland’s presidential election, results showed on Monday, delivering a big blow to the centrist government’s efforts to cement Warsaw’s pro-European orientation.
In a victory for European conservatives inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump, Nawrocki secured 50.89% of the vote, election commission data showed. The outcome presages more political gridlockas he is likely to use his presidential veto to thwart Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s liberal policy agenda.
So just as I was getting bottomed out with the European continent, the election in Poland gives me hope.
6/17/25