Quite a generalization to make based off one editorial. A few thoughts:
- depends what one means by “liberal.” Market or social?
- Corbyn’s Labour isn’t uniformly socially liberal (anti-Semitism, TERFs, Brexit)
- Johnson’s Tories aren’t even economically liberal (Brexit) https://twitter.com/aidan_regan/status/1200350424311750656">https://twitter.com/aidan_reg...
- depends what one means by “liberal.” Market or social?
- Corbyn’s Labour isn’t uniformly socially liberal (anti-Semitism, TERFs, Brexit)
- Johnson’s Tories aren’t even economically liberal (Brexit) https://twitter.com/aidan_regan/status/1200350424311750656">https://twitter.com/aidan_reg...
- Plus Hollywood is famously rich with social liberals who vote Democrat—with Sanders & Warren fans among them.
- Then we have the Lib Dem manifesto, which by one measure gives the most to the poor. This is quite remarkable when stacked up against Corbyn’s Labour. https://twitter.com/jolyonmaugham/status/1199208781068021762">https://twitter.com/jolyonmau...
- Then we have the Lib Dem manifesto, which by one measure gives the most to the poor. This is quite remarkable when stacked up against Corbyn’s Labour. https://twitter.com/jolyonmaugham/status/1199208781068021762">https://twitter.com/jolyonmau...
In short, I don’t think generalizations like this are either remotely helpful in political discourse or reflect the reality of our current political times, even if they’re easy generalizations to make in a political landscape that encourages binary Either/Or thinking.
I myself would like to see more discussions that try to bring these together, like:
“Let’s grow the economy so we can all prosper together, and use that prosperity to take care of our most vulnerable.” This feels missing in many political debates.
“Let’s grow the economy so we can all prosper together, and use that prosperity to take care of our most vulnerable.” This feels missing in many political debates.