Helen Lawson she/they: Thanks to decades of right-wing media no one knows where the centre is anymore. I used to call myself liberal, now I feel like I'm somewhere left of Trotsky.

Just read a Telegraph op-ed claiming the Tories lost because they were too far left, and I have a feeling that is the narrative we will hear more of over the coming years.

Some TV commentators shared the same opinion. Too kind, too woke, too socialist.

It's funny, but also, frightening. What would a Tory party in line with their desires look like?

Thanks to decades of right-wing media no one knows where the centre is anymore. I used to call myself liberal, now I feel like I'm somewhere left of Trotsky.

Overton window hurtling to the right over the past decade definitely helps that feeling

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