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Welcome to The Restisted Politics question time with me, Rory Stewart.

Are you honest to Campbell?

Very good.

Alistair, Communist and Austria.

I think you've been thinking about Austria recently.

I don't know if you've been following but the Communist Party has been making grounds in Austria recently.

Is there something you've seen in other countries or is it a one-off?

Any thoughts about the Communist Party or Austria in general?

Well, this is interesting.

It was a party called K-P-U-K-P-U+.

The Communist Party in Austria, and there was a election, state elections in Salzburg last Sunday, and they came forth, which doesn't sound, you know, so what kind of thing.

But they got 11.7% of the vote.

And the other big story from it was that the far right F-P-Ur made the second largest gains.

And I just think it was interesting that we generally think of Austria as being a pretty right-wing country.

And the Communist did do well.

Have I noticed it anywhere else?

Not to that extent.

No, I haven't, but it's quite interesting.

So they came forth.

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