Rise of right-wing parties akin to 1930s Europe, MP says during Holocaust debate
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The rise of right-wing parties across the world is creating a similar atmosphere to the 1930s, MPs have heard, as Parliament paid tribute to the millions killed in the Holocaust. MPs drew comparisons with the rise of antisemitism in the years before the Second World War, as populist parties came to power across Europe.
Iqbal Mohamed MP said Elon Musk’s one-armed salute during a post-election Donald Trump rally should “send a shiver down everyone’s spine”. The Independent MP for Dewsbury and Batley referenced the increasing popularity of right-wing parties in Germany, Austria and France, as well as the recent election of Mr Trump in the US.
He also made reference to MPs who have been elected to the House of Commons. He said: “These are not fascist parties of the classic type, but they are walking on that ground. “And when members, I’m sorry to say, of this House demonise and talk about deporting immigrants and the President of the United States commits to deporting millions of immigrant families, with the richest man in the world cheering him on while giving fascist salutes, it should send a shiver down everyone’s spine.
“There is more than a whiff of 1930s in the air.”. SNP MP Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North) said: “We know that that divisive rhetoric is being used around the world right now. We know it’s being used here. We know. “I’m sure all of you are getting a rise in the number of emails that are saying to you, ‘I cannot afford to pay my energy bill, and that’s because of the number of illegals that there are in this country’. We are getting a rise in that, and we all need to stand up against that.”.
