As I keep saying, Europe is not drifting Right and Britain is not moving Left. What’s happening is that voters have finally spotted how useless their elected representatives are and are moving away from the incumbents. That’s good for Labour in general but bad for Labour in London, where Khan is every bit as hopeless as the Tory Government.
There is a no Right but there is a Left – it is not obvious at the top of the tree.
The nonexistent Right is a group of well-educated, fairly rich people who enter politics as a career. Their backgrounds make them lean to the right of the Left.
The Left is a real mixture: trained Marxists, northerners who are not as posh as people from the south, Welsh speakers, real activists – people who actually work in the community with the homeless, etc. This mixture is given a friendly face by a leader who is a barrister, who talks well and has almost no politics, someone who has to hold the group together.
I have visited Montréal a few times and we stay in a house of passionate Trudeau supporters. I have always wondered – is this just a language/Quebecois thing?
You’re correct. Left and right are pretty archaic terms now. I lean left economically and right socially. Most of my friends to varying degrees are the same. It should worry both parties that so many of us are politically homeless.
That’s interesting. The opposite of me. I lean Right economically (or at the very least, “Right” as that term was understood in my young adulthood), and Left socially (although I prefer the term “progressive”).
It should, but it doesn’t seem to. Both parties are more worried about their slightly unhinged activist members than they are about the relatively sane voters.
Keep saying it because you are right. Something like 70% of AFD voters in Germany say disillusion with the mainstream parties is their motive for supporting the party- not any particular liking for AFD policies.
There are many people on the left who also feel they have nowhere to go – or parties to vote for who didn’t fall for such mindless things as COVID lockdowns and net zero.
Glyn R
7 months ago
Khan has been terrible for London. I truly hope he is not re-elected. Frankly, I wish the office of Mayor was swept away for as far as I can see it is just yet another layer of useless government that merely gobbles up taxes from the already overtaxed and achieves nothing of real importance.
Last edited 7 months ago by Glyn R
Champagne Socialist
7 months ago
Susan Hall is a hideous candidate, therefore an excellent Tory choice, who will get crushed by Khan. She’ll lose by 30 points.
As I keep saying, Europe is not drifting Right and Britain is not moving Left. What’s happening is that voters have finally spotted how useless their elected representatives are and are moving away from the incumbents. That’s good for Labour in general but bad for Labour in London, where Khan is every bit as hopeless as the Tory Government.
Is there even a left and right in Britain? They all seem to share the same rigid, unhinged beliefs.
There is a no Right but there is a Left – it is not obvious at the top of the tree.
The nonexistent Right is a group of well-educated, fairly rich people who enter politics as a career. Their backgrounds make them lean to the right of the Left.
The Left is a real mixture: trained Marxists, northerners who are not as posh as people from the south, Welsh speakers, real activists – people who actually work in the community with the homeless, etc. This mixture is given a friendly face by a leader who is a barrister, who talks well and has almost no politics, someone who has to hold the group together.
I have visited Montréal a few times and we stay in a house of passionate Trudeau supporters. I have always wondered – is this just a language/Quebecois thing?
You’re correct. Left and right are pretty archaic terms now. I lean left economically and right socially. Most of my friends to varying degrees are the same. It should worry both parties that so many of us are politically homeless.
That’s interesting. The opposite of me. I lean Right economically (or at the very least, “Right” as that term was understood in my young adulthood), and Left socially (although I prefer the term “progressive”).
It should, but it doesn’t seem to. Both parties are more worried about their slightly unhinged activist members than they are about the relatively sane voters.
Keep saying it because you are right. Something like 70% of AFD voters in Germany say disillusion with the mainstream parties is their motive for supporting the party- not any particular liking for AFD policies.
There are many people on the left who also feel they have nowhere to go – or parties to vote for who didn’t fall for such mindless things as COVID lockdowns and net zero.
Khan has been terrible for London. I truly hope he is not re-elected. Frankly, I wish the office of Mayor was swept away for as far as I can see it is just yet another layer of useless government that merely gobbles up taxes from the already overtaxed and achieves nothing of real importance.
Susan Hall is a hideous candidate, therefore an excellent Tory choice, who will get crushed by Khan. She’ll lose by 30 points.