-
I agree with all of that, except I'd argue that centrism doesn't mean things staying the same, it just means ending up somewhere that the largest number of people should be happy with (assuming people spread over left to right) - so centrist to me means moving to the left where policies have become fairly right over time.
We've had over a decade of austerity now, that needs a fairly large course correction. It's given rise to Brexit, Trump and right wing populism.
You can't fix that by things staying the same, or by being slightly progressive. You need radical change, otherwise things are going to be shifting ever rightwards.I think Biden at least knows this to some extent, he's essentially got four years before he has to face another populist Republican. Starmer's Labour on the other hand with it's flags!flags!flags! and courting of Daily Mail readers is chasing the populist death spiral down the drain.
You are reading a single comment by @andyfallsoff and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
Ste_S
@andyfallsoff
I agree with all of that, except I'd argue that centrism doesn't mean things staying the same, it just means ending up somewhere that the largest number of people should be happy with (assuming people spread over left to right) - so centrist to me means moving to the left where policies have become fairly right over time.