Welcome to The Spectator podcast. I'm Isabel Hardman. On this week's episode, we'll be discussing the hurricane that's headed for Holland, the state of parliamentary sovereignty here at home, and whether taxing horses is really the way to go. First up, with elections in the Netherlands less than two months away,

the eyes of Europe's political pundits are being drawn to the clash between the incumbent

People's Party and the Insurgent Party for Freedom, led by the charismatic controversialist

Geert Wilders. Will the Dutch be the next domino to fall to right-wing populism? And what exactly

is the deal with builders?

A man who was banned from travelling to Britain

due to his vociferous criticism of Islam.

I'm joined to discuss this by Douglas Murray,

who writes on the issue in this week's magazine,

and Mellegar Schagen, the UK and Ireland correspondent

for Holland's top newspaper, N.R. Say.

So, Douglas, the Dutch elections are less than two months away.

What looks to be the likely outcome?

Well, I think it would be a very unwise person after the last year to make any predictions

on any occasions of the public vote.

But in this week's issue, I simply explain some of the possibilities, particularly in relation to Giet Wilders' vote,

which is, I think, can safely say, without consulting anyone who's Dutch, that that is the

aspect of it from outside Holland that is most interesting and is, for many people, most

concerning, of course.

And what do you make of Wilders Meller?

Well, obviously, he's been around for quite a while, but it looks like this time

he is really set to do extremely well in the elections, become the largest party or the second

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