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In addition, the election revealed the extent that Trump’s escalation of the so-called “culture wars,” positioned him with his followers as a self-styled defender of reactionary values against the tide of progressive reform.

Clearly, there's a lot of anxiety about women's anger, even among self-styled progressives.

The world now waits to see who takes charge of this self-styled beacon after Americans make their choice in next week’s presidential election.

In the hours immediately after the Southport attack, several posts from a mixture of sources - including self-styled news accounts - began sharing false claims.

But Kickl has also aligned his party closely with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the self-styled champion of "illiberal democracy", and shared a more conciliatory tone when it comes to Russia.