.ON NOVEMBER 22ND Geert Wilders's anti-immigrant Group for Independence (PVV) finished to begin with in the Dutch overall political election, winning 37 of the 150 seats in parliament, or even 23.6% of the ballot. His success was a substantial unpleasant surprise. Yet the named beneficiary of the sudden rely on the tough right is no upstart. The 60-year-old Mr Wilders is actually the longest-serving MP in the Dutch parliament, having actually entered in 1998 as a member of the centre-right Liberals (VVD). He gave up that gathering in 2004 over what he considered its own gentleness towards Islam, as well as established the PVV in 2006. He possesses always had a solid bottom of citizen support, yet has spent his parliamentary career usually on the sidelines, shut out of impact through other gatherings' refusal to deal with him. Now there is a likelihood that this is going to modify.