a centrist party ruling with only 40% of the popular vote is a very different thing than a right-wing party ruling with only 40% of the vote.
After all, the first represents a compromise between two extremes, while the second represents one side of the political spectrum dominating the majority.
I'm sure that's what the Liberals would have us believe; but that's a completely biased view.
I totally reject the idea that a 40% government of a self-styledly 'centrist' party like the Liberal Party is any sort of 'compromise', or in any way more legitimate than a 40% NDP or Conservative government.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
regna
(no subject)
Date: 2007-05-10 01:28 am (UTC)a centrist party ruling with only 40% of the popular vote is a very different thing than a right-wing party ruling with only 40% of the vote.
After all, the first represents a compromise between two extremes, while the second represents one side of the political spectrum dominating the majority.
I'm sure that's what the Liberals would have us believe; but that's a completely biased view.
I totally reject the idea that a 40% government of a self-styledly 'centrist' party like the Liberal Party is any sort of 'compromise', or in any way more legitimate than a 40% NDP or Conservative government.