But they are more likely to rebound against the left: Brazilians dislike radicalism and disorder.

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As one Matignon courtier points out, Mr Blair's modernising of the left was made possible by the right-wing radicalism of the Thatcher era.

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At the same time it explains that the resulting government may, in effect, be little more than a left-social democratic government, despite its symbology and the radicalism of some of its voters.

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