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Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Nothing has changed? How is the centrist lab party doing these days? A mix of left/right policies or full on radical right wing?

No, nothing has changed in the slightest, and this being sadly correct if anything is exactly what I was talking about;

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

I think what's crucial to the success of political extremes has absolutely nothing to do with actual politically aware nuanced centrism. I think what it relies on is politically un-aware populism. Which is an entirely different thing -- but in fact is exactly what you're talking about when you refer to people whose politics "flip flop". That's not the centre. That's people who don't actually understand politics or economics beyond a very basic level, who are vulnerable to a social contagion and skillful oratory, being indoctrinated back and forth to different ideologies.

British (and of course American, and mostly western in general) politics in summary, it's not real political ideology it's psychological manipulation in pursuit of control. Labour flipping from support of immigration to full on Reform-clones over night, and why? Because they think it might work well for them politically. Literally no other reason.