A center-left group in the U.S. sees a valuable lesson in the landslide victory of Britainās Labour Party after nearly 15 years in the political wilderness.
The centrist Democrat think tank Third Way argues in a memo obtained Friday by POLITICO that Labourās sweeping win shows that ācentrism wins electionsā and can undercut right-wing populism by appealing to the broadest segment of the population with a credible platform.
Turnout was low because people donāt vote when they already know the outcome. The last landslide in the UK also had low turnout.
And while 34% is a few percentage points lower than other recent winners, the more centrist party, lib dems, got more votes than the previous election.
Sure, but Corbynās labour got 32.2 and 40.0 compared to this 33.7 ālandslide.ā And Corbyn won his seat even though heās an independent. I donāt particularly find the centrist strategy to be a very compelling result compared to that.
The tories lost, Stamer won because tory voters split between Lib Demās, Reform and other.
You listen to the liberals backing laborās change theyāll say itās because labor picked up Tory voters in key races while losing voters in āsafeā races while cherry picking results to demonstrate.
Iāve yet to be convinced of that line of thinking though and Iām much of the same opinion as you. Nobody elects a status quo party when shit is going south like it is right now. The Tories lost because they couldnāt help but put up shit policies. The neo-blairites will lose because they kept those shit policies.
Shy tories voted for the Lib Demās. The Lib Demās arenāt some compromise between left and right. Thatās doesnāt really work, it just means everyone dislikes you. The Lib Demās get votes when the tories are too socially unacceptable to vote for.
A Tory walks down the street, he encounters a homeless person. He chooses to kick the them, laughing as he walks away. The Lib Dem disgusted by this kicks the homeless person, then walks away quietly.