Australian Federal Election 18th of May 2019

[CumbrianLefty]

Sorry, do expand?

[CumbrianLefty]

This time though, even the exit polls were wrong. Unlike the UK in 2017 then, but like us in 1992 - no surprise that the comparisons are already being made with that one.

(there are also parallels with Oz the following year, of course)

[CumbrianLefty]

Yeah. Zero action on climate change is always a big plus.

This, but unironically.

Says the person with the Netherlands in his avatar......

[CumbrianLefty]

Disappointing but hardly surprising. The 1990s 3rd way style politics was the only way Left of center parties can win in the West, but the rise of the far left woke crowd in the past 20 years have prohibited that from happening.

1990s third way politics was a brilliant fit for the 1990s (not least its "end of history" vibe)

It is deader than the proverbial dodo now.

Those still promoting it are either delusional or charlatans (and in some cases, of course, both)

[CumbrianLefty]

Third way Clinton/Blair style politics is a political loser especially when it's combined with 'woke' beliefs as it often seems to be these days.

This, it really can't be emphasised too much how electorally toxic "woke centrism" is these days. The problem is that almost the *only* people who still adore it are to be found in our media class.

(and this applies not just to my country, but most of "the West")