British politics and the young
The strange rebirth of liberal England
Young Britons have turned
liberal, both socially and economically. Politicians need to get on their side
FOR the past
170 years The Economist has consistently
advocated free trade, punctured government bloat and argued for the protection of individual
liberties. It has also been consistently disappointed. Irksomely, political
parties tend to plump either for economic liberalism or for social liberalism.
Sometimes a small party boldly tries to combine the two—and is rewarded by
becoming even smaller. In the United States our creed is so misunderstood that
people associate liberalism with big government, when it advocates the
opposite.
Yet now
Britain, The Economist’s home, the land of Adam Smith (on lead
guitar), John Stuart Mill (bass) and William Gladstone (vocals), there is
reason for hope. Young Britons have turned strikingly liberal, in a classical
sense (see article).
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