Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
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.