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Europe has been riding an unprecedented wave of stability and prosperity after the Second World War while many countries adopted a form of socialism. And if the
by dep_b 9y ago
Europe has been riding an unprecedented wave of stability and prosperity after the Second World War while many countries adopted a form of socialism. And if they wouldn't try to ignore problems around immigration so hard for the past decades the left wing would probably still be quite popular.
- arethuza 9y agoThe left wing has grown in popularity in the UK over the last while - look at the last election results.
- dep_b 9y agoWhile a majority voted for Brexit, a movement very much aligned with alt right. There's not a clear message here but for some reason right wing popular politics are on a rise where the left more or less stands still in terms of ideas.
- arethuza 9y agoI didn't mean Brexit - which I didn't think was that closely aligned with the normal left-right spectrum. After all, the left wing in the UK regarded the EU as a capitalist plot and the right wing regarded it as a socialist plot!
- vixen99 9y agoWhat was popular were Corbyn's promised bread and circuses as in free university tuition for instance. He has subsequently retracted that promise. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/0/shelving-corbyns-tuition-fee-promise-will-come-back-haunt-labour/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/0/shelving-corbyns-tuit...