The Left are wrong - Britain is becoming more Left Wing, not less so

Much is made that over 55% of the population at the last election voted for ‘Right-Wing’ parties such as UKIP and the Conservatives rather than the remaining left-wing parties.

Apparently, according to all lazy political journalism, this makes it hard for a Left-Wing Government ever to gain power again, as the popular consensus is not in their favour.

Currently too, the world (well, twitter!) is full of lefties decrying May as the new Thatcher and some sort of hard-right dictator like President Erdogan of Turkey (see Chuka Umunna etc.).

However, none of this is actually true. The Conservatives have been happy winning elections with Labour policies for years, just as in the early 2000′s Tony Blair won elections with Tory policies. After all, smart politicians recognise that it is power that matters, not promises or ideology (which is why Corbyn and co are so utterly abject, having decided that truism is no such thing).

Indeed, we are yet to see the Tory manifesto but I suspect it will be very light on detail given the short-notice and supposed room needed for manoeuvre with Brexit due.

What we have seen is the ludicrous and poorly thought out appropriation of Ed Milliband’s price cap on retail energy. A commitment to the triple lock ended, a commitment to reducing immigration neutered, the retaining of the very left-wing policy of foreign aid commitment retained and a hole where tax policy might be.

Where are the Thatcher privatisations? Where is the expansion of the market economy? Where is the reform of public services so desperately needed? Where are the tax cuts for anybody instead of endless tax rises?

In fact, where are the Right Wing policies? Any at all, from any of the parties? UKIP, Brexit apart, are full of Left-wing economic nationalist policies like Le Pen in France – who is also mis-leadingly referred to as a right-wing nationalist.

This move by the Tories to the ‘centre’ is no such thing, it is part of the steady move to the Left begun by Cameron in 2005 – look how happily George Osborne sits as a member of the metropolitan elite, he was the architect of the Tory strategy for over a decade.

Someone please help me out, who would I vote for if I wanted Market based, capitalist ideas to vote for in the forthcoming General Election?