Hello and welcome to The Edition, the Spectator's weekly podcast discussing some of the most important and intriguing issues within our pages each week with the writers behind them.

I'm Laura Prendergast.

This week, as Sinn Féin enters Coalition Talks with Fienafoil, is Ireland's election result part of a broader European trend.

Plus, number 10 is going to war over the deportation of a number of Jamaican detainees.

So is citizenship a privilege or a right.

And finally, what makes South Korea's pop culture quite so successful? First up,

Sinn Féin's victory took everyone, including the party itself, by surprise. But the economist Frederick

Erickson writes in this week's cover piece that it's part of a wider European trend.

Across the continent, populist politicians are taking ground from mainstream

parties, and Frederick writes that only the mainstream parties that adapt can survive.

Joining me to discuss now is Fraser Nelson, our editor, and Amber Calvoy, head of economist

radio. And Frederick's piece this week looks at what happens when times change but parties don't.

And he starts with the example of Ireland.

Why do you think Sinn Féin did so well in last weekend's election?

Well, I think that the piece puts its finger on something very interesting,

which is a certain kind of politician on the international stage,

particularly on the European stage, who fare better outside their own country than within it. And Leo Verraatka, I think, fell into that trap.

He's clearly had a sort of nationalist insurgency on his hands. His attention often seems to be

somewhere else. It seemed to be very much tied up with Europe, with his close relationship

with France and with President Macron

and with Brexit.

Angela Merkel, you could say, also comes a bit into that category.

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