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Since 1979, the left has only managed to install 4 people in the White House or Downing Street:
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
The right has established two advantages: competence & intellectual dynamism https://trib.al/mALxUdZ
Bill ClintonBarack ObamaTony BlairGordon BrownThe right has established two advantages: competence & intellectual dynamism https://trib.al/mALxUdZ
The first is a traditional advantage of conservatism.
Both Republicans and the Tories have based their electoral appeal on the idea that they will do a better job of looking after your money and protecting your country than the other guys http://trib.al/mALxUdZ
Both Republicans and the Tories have based their electoral appeal on the idea that they will do a better job of looking after your money and protecting your country than the other guys http://trib.al/mALxUdZ
However, the right has also been more dynamic.
Since 1979, modern conservatism has produced many important ideas that have changed the political universe, from privatization to welfare reform to “broken windows” crime policy http://trib.al/mALxUdZ
Since 1979, modern conservatism has produced many important ideas that have changed the political universe, from privatization to welfare reform to “broken windows” crime policy http://trib.al/mALxUdZ
Of course, there were ups and downs in this era of conservative dominance — George W. Bush’s Iraq war — but the right has generally managed to stay on the “good government” side of things.
That is, until recently http://trib.al/mALxUdZ
That is, until recently http://trib.al/mALxUdZ
In 2020, the West is being menaced by a deadly virus. Voters are craving security and competence. You might imagine that conservatives would have redoubled their advantage.
Yet the conservative sun is fading http://trib.al/mALxUdZ
Yet the conservative sun is fading http://trib.al/mALxUdZ
In the U.S., the polls indicate that Donald Trump is likely to lose the presidency to 78-year old Joe Biden, while the Senate may change hands as well.
In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s popularity has plummeted http://trib.al/mALxUdZ
In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s popularity has plummeted http://trib.al/mALxUdZ
Driving all this is Covid — and the right’s inability to handle it.
In both Britain and America, the supposedly competent side of the political spectrum has failed in its basic task of protecting its citizens from the virus http://trib.al/mALxUdZ
In both Britain and America, the supposedly competent side of the political spectrum has failed in its basic task of protecting its citizens from the virus http://trib.al/mALxUdZ
In the U.S., the number of deaths per million inhabitants is close to 650; in Britain it is 655. By comparison:
Canada: around 250
Germany: 120
Australia, 
New Zealand, 
Singapore, 
South Korea, 
Taiwan: below 50 http://trib.al/mALxUdZ
On Oct. 1, more new cases were announced in the Trump White House than in these countries combined:
Taiwan
Vietnam
New Zealand
The economies of the best performers are all recovering strongly too http://trib.al/mALxUdZ
TaiwanVietnamNew ZealandThe economies of the best performers are all recovering strongly too http://trib.al/mALxUdZ
