Those who wish to remove lefty European governments are using the wrong metrics.

Josef Stalin was an evil man by any standard. He was responsible directly or otherwise for the deaths of millions of Soviet and other citizens. He was ruthless in power and could make his opponents disappear from this world as well as from old pictures in which they appeared. And while Stalin was a horrific human being, he did have a certain understanding of how the world worked. When someone suggested that he turn to the Pope for an alliance against Hitler, he asked, “How many divisions does the Pope have?” And when the discussion turned to elections, he said that it does not matter who votes but rather who counts the votes. And as we learned in 2020 when Republicans were shut out of several venues while suitcases and boxes of ballots miraculously arrived, Stalin’s insights were not limited to the USSR.

The British right recently had a large rally in London. Those who hate themselves and their country claimed that only around 100,000 people participated. Organizers like Tommy Robinson claimed that the real number was around 3 million. While that is an impressive number of protesters, their net impact is virtually nil. And this is the problem with the right: it measures its victories with the wrong measuring sticks. If someone had done a poll before the planned September 13th march, he would already have known that a large percentage of the UK public is fed up with uncontrolled immigration and its negative impact on society. Millions have expressed their dissatisfaction with Keir Starmer, whose approval rating is around that of foot and mouth disease. The coordination required to bring so many people to the capital and pull off a clean, successful event is impressive. But in the real world, they are equivalent to the voters and not the ones that matter, namely those who count the votes.

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