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Siri, why can't the Labour Party win elections in the UK? (Original Post) Bleacher Creature Dec 2021 OP
He did, however, have the whip withdrawn over a year ago, so he's not in the parliamentary party muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #1
The anti-vax movement gives credence to the horseshoe theory of politics. nycbos Dec 2021 #2
To be honest, I never heard of the term "horseshoe theory" before 2016... tenderfoot Dec 2021 #3
Because they chased Tories so far to the right leftstreet Dec 2021 #4

muriel_volestrangler

(106,590 posts)
1. He did, however, have the whip withdrawn over a year ago, so he's not in the parliamentary party
Thu Dec 23, 2021, 05:35 PM
Dec 2021

(that was about him saying the antisemitism allegations had been exaggerated).

22 Labour MPs voted against compulsory NHS staff vaccines; 99 Conservative MPs did (including Iain Duncan Smith, a former Tory leader). And while the Tories chucked Duncan Smith as leader before he could lose an election, they still brought him back later as a cabinet minister.

nycbos

(6,729 posts)
2. The anti-vax movement gives credence to the horseshoe theory of politics.
Thu Dec 23, 2021, 05:40 PM
Dec 2021

The cause is shared by elements of both the far right and far left. And the political spectrum I feel is often circular not linear

 

tenderfoot

(8,982 posts)
3. To be honest, I never heard of the term "horseshoe theory" before 2016...
Thu Dec 23, 2021, 06:09 PM
Dec 2021

but WOW!!! is it accurate

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