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Of late, centrist and centre-left political parties have been facing setbacks while centre-right parties have been in ascendency the world over. Comment.

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The statement describes a real shift in comparative party politics. Social democrats, liberals and Third Way progressives have lost ground across much of the democratic world, while the centre-right, and more strikingly the radical right it now leans on, has advanced. The claim holds as a tilt, but not as a uniform global law.

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