Europe is marching to the right. Can Keir Starmer carry the centre-left torch? | Tim Bale

If he wins the election, the Labour leader will find himself a beacon of hope for progressives

If Keir Starmer's Labour party wins power this year, it will be bucking a trend. In many European countries, it's not the centre left but the right - and all too often the far right - that seems to be on a roll.

In France, Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National is leading in the polls. In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders' equally extreme Freedom party (PVV) scooped nearly aquarter of the vote at last November's general election and has increased its support as coalition negotiations drag on.