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>>>>I've suddenly come over all faint.
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>>>>David Cameron (Current Tory leader) was told by a top city economist recently that the next election is the one to lose.
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>>>What is the real difference between the major parties over there? From what I understand, the 'left' is not the same as the 'left' here and the same goes when you refer to the 'right.'
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>>The difference isn't as great as 15 or 20 years ago. The Conservative right have become more moderate in some ways while Labour or New Labour can hardly be considered a socialist party any more.
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>In your opinion, are most people really a combination of the two? Do most people agree with about 1/2 to 2/3rd of their party's positions and the rest they actually agree with the other party? That is typically the case here I think. We tend to lean toward one party over another because the majority of our views coincide with one party but not every single one and sometimes we disagree VERY STRONGLY with one or two policies of the other party.

Yes. For instance my natural inclination is to the left. But the left has a worse record for interfering in individual civil liberties. Labour want to introduce ID cards and I am very against that. The Tories are (I think) at the moment against it.
Mt children where home schooled and labour talk about making that illegal. But the trouble is you only get one vote.