Twenty minutes after midnight on June 24 2016, in the Silksworth Tennis Centre in Sunderland, England, western populism broke through. The announcement that 69 per cent of Sunderlanders had voted for Brexit made clear that Britain would eventually leave the EU. The peak western populist phase stretched through 2019 with the victories of Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro and Boris Johnson, and the entry of the Five Star Movement and Lega into Italy’s government.
2016年6月24日午夜过后20分钟,在英格兰桑德兰的Silksworth网球中心,西方民粹主义取得了突破。69%的桑德兰人已投票支持脱欧的消息,清楚地表明英国将最终退出欧盟。随着唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)、雅伊尔•博索纳罗(Jair Bolsonaro)和鲍里斯•约翰逊(Boris Johnson)胜选,以及五星运动党(Five Star Movement)和联盟党(Lega)进入意大利政府,西方民粹主义的这波高峰一直延续到2019年。