A center-left group in the U.S. sees a valuable lesson in the landslide victory of Britain’s Labour Party after nearly 15 years in the political wilderness.

The centrist Democrat think tank Third Way argues in a memo obtained Friday by POLITICO that Labour’s sweeping win shows that “centrism wins elections” and can undercut right-wing populism by appealing to the broadest segment of the population with a credible platform.

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    4 months ago

    The main lesson is “don’t be an incumbent”.

    Don’t be an incumbent when people don’t like the way things are going.

    When people do like the way things are going, yes be an incumbent.