dstieger wrote:In UK, a bunch of members of parliament from the left quit their party over Brexit and are part of an independent 'party' (not sure it's an actual party yet.) And some from right quit May's conservative party and sort of joined up with the other independents. Not sure this is any bigger than short term Brexit posturing, but those quitting their parties are sounding like it could be....the Labour folks say their party is getting too extreme...the Conservatives say their's is too extreme.
I cant help but think that just maybe the partisanship here might actually work in favor of getting us to a more centrist coalition in our government, leading to defections from both side....probably wishful thinking....our parties are incredibly powerful, still...but I'm hopeful
This is good in theory.
But what if a viable third party emerges from one of the extremes, like the Green Party?
Or if a party gets split.
It seems like the Democrats are on the verge of splitting to a Socialist Democrat party.
And it's not even getting attention.
Could you imagine if the GOP were splintering into a Fascist Republican party?