They only work in a classroom if the professor is very left-wing, otherwise they do not work there too.
Scandinavia has been carrying out left-leaning policies for some time. Not all the way socialist but enough to say that it's not the whole world. Plus communist nations still exist. We could argue capitalism doesn't really work based on all the problems we currently face.
I mean anything but Tories, I get it tactically, but not sure I see the big picture there.
I haven't followed this conversation but who is it your calling charismatic?
Norway can go left wing cause they sit for so long in a mountain of oil which gave them immense wealth. Analyzing Norway’s economy without the oil part is like analyzing UAE’s and concluding that 0% taxes and Muslim interest-free loans are good fiscal policies.
Any chance of me voting for them went out the window in 2010.
Good summary. I think your point about how hard it is for any party to eat into both the reform and Lib Dem votes is a real killer for the tories. If they go for a Cameron type centrist strategy and target Lib Dem voters (which I think is their only viable long term option), they lose the hard right. If they try to absorb Reform, they lose that Lib Dem type vote. They are truly stuffed and if Labour are smart (and they are) they will find ways to keep the tories in that box.
Farage. I despise him, but he knows how to get attention, be non stop in TV, and fool people. He is essentially the UK’s Trump, with even fewer policies.
Up until Reagan the US was, by modern American standards, radically left wing. By any metric, it worked a whole lot better than the current neo liberal system.
I voted Lib Dem. Glad I did as they won. 2nd was Conservatives and 3rd was Reform in the results.
explain yourself.
The why wasn't so important in response to 111's post but to the assertion that none of the world veers to the left.
I think that's a little reductionist considering there are many Jewish academics, scholars, lawyers and indeed politicians who've taken a hardline stance in condemning both the atrocities occurring in Gaza, as well as the grave injustices preceding them. Starmer choosing to double down on his support for an ethno-fascist state while silencing anyone within the party for taking a outspoken view (which the party has a proud history of) for me doesn't exactly paint him as a bastion of moral integrity, even if he's done some bonafide human rights work in his profession. Indeed people are complicated shades of grey, but issues like this for me at least serve as a gauge or benchmark into which way their moral compass swings.
Wouldn’t be my first choice in a PR system, but some constituencies have no choice if you want to get rid of the right. For whatever reason, Labour have never got close in the places I’ve lived.
I don't count that as lucky. I can't see how it could possibly have been worse than what we ended up with instead.
Center-left is fine, left is bad. IMO.
I'd chuckle too if it didn't make so fecking angry. They post that shite with such confidence too, I find it infuriating and it's a real challenge for me to either not reply or not start insulting the feck out of the posters. I find some solace in the embarrassment that is a grown-ass adult posting edgy, cretinous alt-right slogans as some sort of interesting political insight, even if I'm not in the mood to ridicule them myself.
These people love trying to sound smart saying dumb shit like that. As if close mindedness and financial illiteracy is some kind of badge of honour.
