And so now it is certain. Alice Weidel will lead her far-right party into Germany's general election next month. She was overwhelmingly backed at the Alternative for Germany (AfD) conference and was greeted with a standing ovation. Weidel will fight the election with a manifesto that follows a familiar pattern from other successful populist campaigns in Europe and beyond - contempt for mainstream politicians, anger over levels of irregular immigration, a desire to rein in the power of the European Union and dismay over the spread of so-called woke values. Image: Alice Weidel looks on after she was elected as...