This is why we desperately need PR to break the two party cycle.
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leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 years agoThe UK political cycle:
- Tories elected because they made people think Labour were bad with money
- Tories stay in power for a couple of decades
- Rich people get richer, public services get shitter, prices for everyone else get higher. They coast along on a tide of right-wing populism for awhile
- Eventually people catch on, Tories get voted out
- Labour need to spend a fortune getting things back on track. Might get two terms.
- Go to 1.
andthenthreemore@startrek.website 2 years ago
leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 years ago
Definitely.
TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I guess they are currently at step 2 or 3…
andthenthreemore@startrek.website 2 years ago
Steps 3, 4. If you have a look at the current polling.
clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world 2 years ago
This is also the Canadian political cycle, it seems.
jballs@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
US as well!