No increased social chaos has been associated with this trend, nor have mainstream politicians in Europe made any big fuss about it.

But more recently mainstream politicians and retired military leaders have advocated disarmament.

It effectively ended the following November when he was beaten by the more mainstream politicians he had confounded.

More and more, mainstream politicians find themselves forced to enact tougher measures against foreigners.

The Linkspartei is, to say the least, not popular among mainstream politicians and commentators.

This has contributed to a wave of more nationalistic sentiments among mainstream politicians.

If mainstream politicians adopted sensible limits on immigration, then the far right wouldn't have a chance.

But what is a supposedly mainstream politician doing, reading an extremist like Friedman?

Few mainstream economists - or mainstream politicians - would disagree.

But mainstream politicians and education officials still tend to play down that history, charging that the West has exaggerated accounts.