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6 December 2018updated 09 Sep 2021 4:52pm

Centrism is in crisis – and the problem isn’t just our opponents

A project of centrist revival is badly needed. 

By Chris Coghlan

We all know what hard Brexiters stand for; a Britain in control of our laws, money and borders striking glorious trade deals around the world and echoing empire. We all know what Corbynites stand for; socialism, hammer the rich, nationalise the rail, “understand” anti-Western violence and oppose all Western wars.

No-one knows what centrists stand for, but everyone knows what they did: They decimated Iraq, crashed the economy, allowed mass immigration, slashed public services and condemned the next generation to being poorer and unable to own a house. It hardly matters if centrists condemn hard Brexiters and Corbynites as reckless fanatics because no one will listen after their own recklessness. Perhaps they stand for remaining in the European Union, but they forget that that also symbolises remaining with all of the above.

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