Quite a generalization to make based off one editorial. A few thoughts:

- depends what one means by “liberal.” Market or social?
- Corbyn’s Labour isn’t uniformly socially liberal (anti-Semitism, TERFs, Brexit)
- Johnson’s Tories aren’t even economically liberal (Brexit) https://twitter.com/aidan_regan/status/1200350424311750656
- Plus Hollywood is famously rich with social liberals who vote Democrat—with Sanders & Warren fans among them.
- Then we have the Lib Dem manifesto, which by one measure gives the most to the poor. This is quite remarkable when stacked up against Corbyn’s Labour. https://twitter.com/jolyonmaugham/status/1199208781068021762
In short, I don’t think generalizations like this are either remotely helpful in political discourse or reflect the reality of our current political times, even if they’re easy generalizations to make in a political landscape that encourages binary Either/Or thinking.
I myself would like to see more discussions that try to bring these together, like:

“Let’s grow the economy so we can all prosper together, and use that prosperity to take care of our most vulnerable.” This feels missing in many political debates.
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