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T_i_B

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4. And another one!

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 03:36 AM

Oct 2017

James Chapman's plans for a new centrist party never got off the ground, now it's the turn of The Economist's Berlin Bureau Chief Jeremy Cliffe to come up with a new centrist party, this time called "The Radicals". I follow this chap on Twitter and whilst his analysis of European (especially German) politics is very good, he often doesn't seem to grasp that radical policies need to be for a purpose, not just for the sake of being radical.

https://radicalsuk.com/about/

One of the main political running jokes of 2017 is people launching centrist, pro-European liberal parties, while Liberal Democrats shout "WE'RE OVER HERE".

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Two cabinet ministers 'interested in new anti-Brexit party idea' (allegedly) [View all] T_i_B Aug 2017 OP

Basically, it sounds like a way to reinvent the SDP and "New Labour" Ken Burch Aug 2017 #1

This can only be refuted with hard evidence T_i_B Aug 2017 #3

I think there should be more cross-party collaboration against Brexit and other far-right ideas LeftishBrit Aug 2017 #2

And another one! T_i_B Oct 2017 #4

I saw some of Cliffe's Tweets after the flurry of activity. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #5

It's worth looking at the Liberal Democrats problems... T_i_B Oct 2017 #6

I suspect there'd be more likelihood of an immediate impact Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #7

Herding cats... T_i_B Nov 2017 #8

Indeed. Denzil_DC Nov 2017 #9