Re: Center right wins in Sweden
On Sep 19, 2006, at 10:54 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
The reason why what happened in Sweden (or what is going on in Hungary http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5359250.stm) is indicative of
broader popular sentiments worldwide is that the Left got bogged down in
the hundred year old bread and butter mantra, and does not have much to offer
in the “identity and values” department. The bread and butter mantra
simply lost most of their traction, people want to hear about who they are and
what their place in the world is - and the Left ceded that market to the
Right and religions.
But that’s not what the Swedish election was about - the Moderates
promised to make modest changes to the welfare state in order to
reduce unemployment.
Doug