Liz Truss lost her seat because voters moved right, not because they thought Labour was a better option.
Let's celebrate today, but from tomorrow onwards, we need to address the far right lunatics head on.
this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2024
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That last line can be applied to anywhere in the world.
Unfrotunately. Global climate change, and the inevitable economic crisis this is causing, is fertile breeding ground for populist right wing politicians promising illusory simple solutions of hate.
While that's true, the climate crisis is underpinned by decades of centrist policy which has let corporations delay and evade climate action while reaping economic gains that didn't reach the vast majority of people. The same majority who already pay for these externalities and are due to pay way more. So I'm afraid that centrism cannot solve the problems it created. Instead whoever wants to solve the root cause has to shift left and lift workers over capital. Failing that, right wing populism in power becomes inevitable, because the status quo is untenable and only getting more so. We've played this game before but this time the stakes are significantly higher.
It's even more mechanistic. The global far right gets funding from the fossil-fuel industry and petrostates. It's ther way of buying time while they burn down civilisation.
Beautiful. Looks like Reform split the right wing vote and cost her the seat. Even more beautiful!
Now I need to look up if Badenoch lost hers too.
Edit: dang.
No such luck.
Mogg did though
That zoom in ouch
They knew...
Edit:... that she'll look meme-worthy either way
Well they might have suspected based on exit polls but they definitely can't have known.
You're right, but they knew they would geht a meme worthy picture of her either way.
Well, at least she beat Official Monster Raving Loony Party. That's a win, I guess.
Not for the British people, no it isn't.
I'm no fan of first-past-the-post systems, but I will admit that this was a beautiful moment.
They had to drag her out of the toilets to even get her on the podium.
Delicious.
Liz Truss made me have Truss issues.
🦀🦀🦀
The best clip on the Internet today.
Today I learned about the official monster raving loony party. That's amazing
I've been binging on election followup podcasts while cleaning the house. There were many seats where Tory+Reform would have beat the Labour candidate.
The consensus seemed to be that the Tories are going to lick their wounds, then push further right to gain back Reform voters instead of trying to tack to center and peel away from Labour.
But what of the pig markets?! Won't somebody think about the pig markets!