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> The paper's readership is generally on the mainstream left of British political opinion.[3][4] The newspaper's reputation as a platform for liberal and left-w

> The paper's readership is generally on the mainstream left of British political opinion.[3][4] The newspaper's reputation as a platform for liberal and left-wing editorial has led to the use of the "Guardian reader" and "Guardianista" as often (but not always) pejorative epithets for those of left-leaning or politically correct tendencies.[5][6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian

etplayer 9y ago
The paper is at best center-left; you'll find no support for any Socialist parties, and they even make fun of Corbyn's labour from time to time. Being liberal doesn't mean 'left', either. The paper always (to my knowledge) runs "PC" articles and especially opinion pieces, but that's not restricted to left-wing sources. It's probably best put by the first sentence: the mainstream left of British political opinion - which turns out to be almost wholly center-left, even Corbyn is a social democrat.
- UncleSlacky 9y ago
  Indeed, they're still fairly anti-Corbyn (they think a woman should have got the job, no matter how neoliberal she might be), pro-Macron, and they were ridiculously anti-Sanders/pro-Hillary all last year (and still are when the subject comes up).
barryhoodlum 9y ago
I live in the UK and know what the Guardian is. It is not a "hippy's" newspaper. Thanks for the condescending Wikipedia link though.
- 2017Dude 9y ago
  I live in UK. The Guardian is as left as it gets unless there are some underground communist papers I don't know about.
  - pmyteh 9y ago
    If you're looking for a daily paper well to the left of The Guardian, can I interest you in the Morning Star? Available from your local newsagent, owned by a co-operative closely linked to the Communist Party of Great Britain. No need to go underground! More seriously, The Guardian is a (social) liberal newspaper. It's politics are generally those of the 1980s Social Democratic Party, not the left of the Labour party. It's biases are metropolitan, if anything. That there is no quality paper to their left is mainly because the British newspaper market is already crowded so it's commercially difficult. It doesn't mean that The Guardian can be reasonably labelled as extreme.
    - casiotone 9y ago
      The Mirror could be described as further left than the Guardian lately. The past few years especially has seen a shift in the Guardian's position well to the right to the point where even calling it centrist is probably not correct. This is likely a consequence of falling sales and reliance on advertisers - you'll see a large number of sponsored articles on it these days for example.
  - urbanj 9y ago
    Not very politically aware then.
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etplayer 9y ago

The paper is at best center-left; you'll find no support for any Socialist parties, and they even make fun of Corbyn's labour from time to time. Being liberal doesn't mean 'left', either. The paper always (to my knowledge) runs "PC" articles and especially opinion pieces, but that's not restricted to left-wing sources. It's probably best put by the first sentence: the mainstream left of British political opinion - which turns out to be almost wholly center-left, even Corbyn is a social democrat.

UncleSlacky 9y ago
Indeed, they're still fairly anti-Corbyn (they think a woman should have got the job, no matter how neoliberal she might be), pro-Macron, and they were ridiculously anti-Sanders/pro-Hillary all last year (and still are when the subject comes up).

barryhoodlum 9y ago

I live in the UK and know what the Guardian is. It is not a "hippy's" newspaper. Thanks for the condescending Wikipedia link though.

2017Dude 9y ago
I live in UK. The Guardian is as left as it gets unless there are some underground communist papers I don't know about.
- pmyteh 9y ago
  If you're looking for a daily paper well to the left of The Guardian, can I interest you in the Morning Star? Available from your local newsagent, owned by a co-operative closely linked to the Communist Party of Great Britain. No need to go underground! More seriously, The Guardian is a (social) liberal newspaper. It's politics are generally those of the 1980s Social Democratic Party, not the left of the Labour party. It's biases are metropolitan, if anything. That there is no quality paper to their left is mainly because the British newspaper market is already crowded so it's commercially difficult. It doesn't mean that The Guardian can be reasonably labelled as extreme.
  - casiotone 9y ago
    The Mirror could be described as further left than the Guardian lately. The past few years especially has seen a shift in the Guardian's position well to the right to the point where even calling it centrist is probably not correct. This is likely a consequence of falling sales and reliance on advertisers - you'll see a large number of sponsored articles on it these days for example.
- urbanj 9y ago
  Not very politically aware then.

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