Stuck on a pendulum

It’s kind of crazy. For almost a century the leading modern democracies have just swung back-and-forth between center-right governments and center-left governments. The electorate shows no inclination toward significantly new directions.

Things are stuck.

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After a center-right period, Britain is poised to swing back to center-left.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/28/europe/uk-truss-crisis-labour-starmer-gbr-intl-cmd/index.html

Labour is enjoying poll leads it hasn’t seen since the days of the last Labour prime minister to win a general election, Tony Blair.