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===[[File:Leftnat.png]] Left-Wing Euroscepticism===
'''Left-Wing Euroscepticism''' is a version of Euroscepticism that focuses on the issues the left has with the European Union. Leftists criticize the European Union as being an undemocratic neoliberal elitist empire that has contributed to the rise of wealth inequality within Europe through the use of its austerity monetary policies and free-trade agreements. To the extent leftists oppose the European Union is seen within the ideology. Moderate socialists usually hold soft-eurosceptic views while communists and other hardline left-wing ideologies hold hard eurosceptic views. But that doesn't mean that they oppose the idea of the European Union, some support a communist version of the European Union. One of the most famous Left Euroscepts is Dennis Skinner who was the Labour MP for Bolsover from 1970 till 2019 despite this immensely long length of service he was never appointed minister by any Labour leader even in shadow cabinets due to both his radical leftism and his opposition to patronage. Though Corbyn did offer him a post to reward him for his support of his candiacy, Skinner refused. Another was Peter Shore who was a Labour candidate in several elections in the 1970s and 1980s and was known for his idiosyncratic left-wing nationalism as well as being famous for his great skills as a rhetorician.
===[[File:Liberalpop.png]] Liberal Populism===
'''Liberal Populism''' is a combination of liberalism with populism which results in a highly democratic ideology it is often used to combat far-left and far-right populists in order to support and liberal democracy. It tends to be progressive and calls for fixing the tax system to be harsher for the rich and gentler for the poor while also supporting moving the tax base either onto land via a Land Value Tax or onto assets with a wealth tax rather than taxing working people's incomes. Historically it has been very agrarian with support the the radical wing of the UK Liberal Party and the Jeffersonian (and later Bryanite) wing(s) of the Democratic Party in the USA, this is because small farmers are an example of working people who own their own land and business. However, despite their progressivism in land & tax reform the ideology is staunchly capitalistic so may support privatisation and the use of voucher systems instead of state control.
===[[File:OldLpop.png]] Old Left-Populism===
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