But that requires full subjectivity or an arbitrary set of standards to weigh how left/right everyone is. Not what you’d want in impartial reporting, and fails when you can’t easily characterize parties on a left-right spectrum. Where would the BSW go, for example? Anti-immigration, anti-queer rights, but nominatively pro-workers rights and for wealth taxes?
But that requires full subjectivity or an arbitrary set of standards to weigh how left/right everyone is. Not what you’d want in impartial reporting, and fails when you can’t easily characterize parties on a left-right spectrum. Where would the BSW go, for example? Anti-immigration, anti-queer rights, but nominatively pro-workers rights and for wealth taxes?