Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
Not always centre right - 1945 was a rejection of the centre right, and 1997 was a massive win for a social democratic party that may have ditched Clause 4 but hadn't yet sold its soul and its principles to Murdoch and Bush.

Politics, social cohesion and identity are all more volatile now than at any other time I can remember - with large numbers of voters capable of switching quickly from right to left and from traditional to emerging parties or causes. A large part of the disillusioned and 'abandoned' vote that went to UKIP, the Tories in 2019 and Brexit was also attracted to Corbyn's Labour in 2017, supports tax rises to fund the NHS and backs the Enough Is Enough trade union actions.
Exactly, while I’d agree that the UK (England especially) is a conservative (small c) nation at heart, there are “moments” when the nation’s instinct is to move away from that. For example, the country had had enough of too much union power in the late seventies and went further right than small c conservatism.As you say, 1945 was the opposite, and, for me, the country has been going further right under particularly inept Governments over the last dozen years - the time seems right for a recalibration, it feels right for one of those moments.