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I think that’s the point, though. They have a biased worldview - they own that and highlight it regularly - but that bias doesn’t align with any American politi
by nxc18 6y ago
I think that’s the point, though. They have a biased worldview - they own that and highlight it regularly - but that bias doesn’t align with any American political party, and I don’t get the sense that it is particularly well aligned with existing parties in the UK either.
- selectodude 6y agoThey're Lib-Dems.
- twic 6y agoBut only by exclusion. The Economist speaks from a classical/neo liberal viewpoint. Civil liberties, free markets, laissez faire, technocracy. Labour is too statist for them, and the Conservatives are currently too populist (and incompetent). The Economist's position lines up pretty well with the Orange Book wing of the Lib-Dems [1], but much less well with the SDP / social liberal wing. They have backed all three major parties in general elections in the last twenty years [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orange_Book:_Reclaiming_Liberalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orange_Book:_Reclaiming_Li... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_editorial_stance#British_general_elections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_editorial_stance...