How is the far-right shaping our future?
Tuesday 2 September 2025
"If you were Keir Starmer, how would you deal with the rise of Reform UK?"
"I would, first of all, stop parroting Reform and saying things such as, 'we don’t want this to become an island of strangers' and try and think about what are the local conditions that are leading to this rise," explains our Visiting Fellow Dr Marta Lorimer.
In a recent interview with Joanna Bale on the LSE IQ Podcast, Marta looks at the rise of the radical right, how Keir Starmer should respond to Reform UK, and why there’s still space to engage for those worried about the direction of politics.

Read Marta's interview on the EUROPP Blog