tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453760383249134892.post868385683336660148..comments2024-01-04T01:58:59.567-08:00Comments on The Greenman: "All that is solid turns into air"Martin Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05003428642599537927noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453760383249134892.post-71482460242916219772016-07-14T15:11:49.049-07:002016-07-14T15:11:49.049-07:00The LibDems are socially liberal and economically ...The LibDems are socially liberal and economically conservative. That was pretty much the Blairite position, and Cameron's too really, relative to the rest of his party. <br /><br />What happens next with UKIP is probably almost as important as what happend to Labour. Is it 'job done, back to the Tories', or are they going to be the anti-austerity right, like the Independent Greeks?Martin Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003428642599537927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453760383249134892.post-10584561542009413652016-07-14T15:03:06.606-07:002016-07-14T15:03:06.606-07:00"UKIP, although only given a single MP by the..."UKIP, although only given a single MP by the UK's first-past-the-post electoral system (and not even an MP they actually like), have never-the-less managed to get their main policy adopted by a reluctant government." True that. However May is clearly making a play to get Ukip voters to return to the Tories - where many came from.<br /><br />I would not call Labour/LibDem 'left' myself. Certainly not the LibDems rump, left after the 2015 election. Labour itself is not a homogenous party, being split between its PLP careerist elite with a strong feeling of entitlement, and its mass movement membership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com