Social housing.. as opposed to what, antisocial housing?

Starfish, there’s nothing particularly ‘left’ about a liberal immigration policy, or liberal thinking generally. To see how off-beam your thesis is, you only need to look at the elected governing parties over the period – for a Labour government to become electable it had to lose all sign of the left, while remaining liberal. I agree society had become more liberal over the past few decades, by the dictionary definition of liberal. However at the same time the ‘man in the street’ has -for example – gone from believing unions are necessary, through ‘necessary evil’ to just evil. That’s one of many measures by which we have plainly moved to the right.

Interestingly you are following a more phenomenal trend, which is the confusion of socialism with liberalsm in the minds of the illiberal.

Probably was. Most are.

Couldn’t agree more, Tony!

I rest my case, m’lud.

It is the new politics, quite unlike anything we have seen before (except maybe ‘blue period’ Blair). Crush the opposition by agreeing with them, only stand for what the party you are trying to destroy at that moment stands for.

I meant conservatives who believe that supply and demand should regulate prices and wages, that there should be no central control of resources (eg the privatisation of utilities), rather that competing private concerns should dictate availabilty and price, that who is employed and the function of the labour market should also be left to the competing private concerns, and that unregulated choice is paramount whether a private individual or a business.

Some of which is eroded by a land-grab back to the muddle-ground.

I enjoy your imaginings.

Left of centre? Where is the centre, J. Green’s house? It must have escaped your notice that ‘Europe’ is moving very clearly rightwards.

Yes, that’s what it is. The BBC hate Britain. Of course they do, John. Now drink up your cocoa and the nurse will be along with your medication in a minute.

Just like the Mail will tell you – anyone who isn’t toeing your party line hates Britain.

North Korean politics.