The Next UK Election. What do you think?

[PsychoSerenity]

I do think the Tories are pretty centrist. It's like in the U.S., with the Democrats to the left, the Libertarians to the "right", and the Republicans in the center.

No, they are all very much right wing.

[MrJonno]

I do think the Tories are pretty centrist. It's like in the U.S., with the Democrats to the left, the Libertarians to the "right", and the Republicans in the center.

No, they are all very much right wing.

The fact that conservatives at least officially support universal health puts them way to the left of anything in the US

If you put democratic politics on a left to right scale with 1 being far left and 10 being right far right every US political party would be in the range. 9.9 to 10

[PsychoSerenity]

I do think the Tories are pretty centrist. It's like in the U.S., with the Democrats to the left, the Libertarians to the "right", and the Republicans in the center.

No, they are all very much right wing.

The fact that conservatives at least officially support universal health puts them way to the left of anything in the US

If you put democratic politics on a left to right scale with 1 being far left and 10 being right far right every US political party would be in the range. 9.9 to 10

Nah I think the US Democrats are at least a bit to the left of the Tories. At least they wanted to work towards a universal healthcare system. You say the conservatives officially support it, but only if you can't read between the lines. All their talk about it is "offering greater choice" to the public and healthcare professionals. And behind the scenes they're forcing the sale of it piece by piece to private companies.

[mistermack]

The fact that conservatives at least officially support universal health puts them way to the left of anything in the US

Not really. The critical bit is the ''at least officially''.
The conservatives pay lip-service to it, because the British PEOPLE support it. The conservatives have no option there. But while ''officially'' supporting it, they are quietly selling it off, tiny bit by tiny bit, so as not to raise the alarm with the voters.

Our conservatives are just as right wing as yours. But not ''officially'' , that's all.

[JimC]

The fact that conservatives at least officially support universal health puts them way to the left of anything in the US

Not really. The critical bit is the ''at least officially''.
The conservatives pay lip-service to it, because the British PEOPLE support it. The conservatives have no option there. But while ''officially'' supporting it, they are quietly selling it off, tiny bit by tiny bit, so as not to raise the alarm with the voters.

Our conservatives are just as right wing as yours. But not ''officially'' , that's all.

Mr Jonno is on your side of the pond, I think...