Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

justforthearticles20 t1_iwrw9j8 wrote

Reply to comment by eric_ts in Worst fall in UK living standards since records began, says OBR. by Xul-luX

Yup, I was thinking that too. Assuming they ever allow elections in 2025, I expect that the Liberals will self sabotage themselves and remain out of power.

40

[deleted] t1_iws2rft wrote

[removed]

29

Not_invented-Here t1_iwtd4e8 wrote

There is a Liberal party in the UK up until around a decade ago they were actually relevant. Then they joined in a coalition with the tories to get one of their own as deputy pm, screwed the sort of people who would vote for them by letting tuition fees for universities go through, and fucked themselves into irrelevancy by doing so.

14

Namgodtoh t1_iwrz9fe wrote

Y'all got liberals too? Are they slightly right wing like in the US?

3

Lilybaum t1_iwsghh5 wrote

We do, they’re moderate leftish centrists here (called the Liberal Democrats)

Rarely break more than 10% of the vote share thanks to the FPTP

4

[deleted] t1_iws3o6z wrote

[removed]

0

Namgodtoh t1_iws4kv8 wrote

I can confidently say US liberals are not left wing due to excessive goalpost moving

15

VegasKL t1_iwtenv8 wrote

They're more like centrist on an ideological chart.

Anyone who dares go left is called a socialist commie fascist by Fox News.

4