A member of the British Parliament warned the ruling Conservative Party that the major parties on the European continent are dying, and that they are on the way to extinction at a rapid pace.
John Redwood said the past two decades had seen a "storm of change" in party politics on the old continent, adding voters had gotten rid of the grip of Christian Democrats and social democrats in most countries.
He stressed that the left-center parties and the center-right to govern - as long as it was a pattern - and long ago.
Redwood's article in the Telegraph newspaper cited examples of such parties as the Greek Socialist Movement, the Republican Party, the National Front in France, the Northern League of Italy and the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
He claimed voters were bored by what he called "old institutions" in reference to major parties in Europe. He attributed this to the public's aversion to the politics of those parties, which were characterized by increased taxes and inability to achieve growth in employment rates and living standards.
"What led to that?" Asks Redwood. "The banking collapse, the poor living conditions, and the austerity policies required by euro membership have all brought the situation on the continent back to what it is today," he says.
He said voters had expected one of the two main parties in Britain to cope with the economic downturn, but they were disappointed by both when they found they did not have the leverage to do so from within the EU.
Even in Germany - which Redwood sees its economy doing relatively well - the two main parties there also mean. The Christian Democrats of Chancellor Angela Merkel have lost a lot by accepting large numbers of immigrants.
The writer then went on to talk about the situation in his country, where he said that things appeared at some point in this century as if Britain is on the same path. But he claimed that the main parties did not lose much of the same support as his counterparts in the continent.
Economic Options
He attributed one reason to the fact that Britain retained more economic options by staying outside the European currency (euro), while others believe that another reason is its electoral system based on winning the candidate who gets the most votes in his constituency, which gave an advantage to those who govern the country Today.
The two big parties in Britain (workers and conservatives) together claimed only 65% of the vote in 2010, well below the rate of just over 80% in the last century.
He explained that the decision of the British in the referendum to withdraw from the European Union (Brikst) is the one that brought about the change and led to a strong vote in favor of the two parties in the 2017 elections on the pledge to implement the will of voters.
But he went on to say that it was the two parties' entanglement in the debates that led to the delay of the exit that led to a decline in the popularity of the two parties after the voters felt that they were following in their footsteps to withdraw from the European Union, but conspiring to keep Britain longer within the bloc.
The British parliamentarian advised parties in his country to be wary of what was going on in the continent, saying that most of the Christian democratic and social democratic movements (from Italy to Germany and from Spain to Greece) favored association with the EU project, which "caused serious damage".
Redwood concluded his article by warning the British government not to lag behind the European Union, otherwise "the cyclone of political change will solve the country."