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Originally Posted by martyh
Which in turn goes back to Callaghan,Wilson allowing unions to run the country.Those same unions didn't allow investment in car plants ,dockyards,steel works and pits turning them into state run money pits and those PM's where ,yes, you got it ,Labour.
Because of our history we have ended up with 2 mainstream political parties
Labour= state dominance ,state control
Conservative = self sufficiency ,private enterprise ,less state dominance
It doesn't take a genius to work out that those 2 ideologies are not compatible so we will continue on the merry go round that is politics in the UK .If labour win the next election state dependance will rise ,we will have more and more of the population dependent on the state .If conservative win we will see a continuation of self sufficiency ,less state dependency ,it's that choice you are making when you tick the box
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I don't think they're not compatible, I think they represent two different visions and this country and it's electorate prefer a mix of the two with elections indicating a temporary preference for one or the other. More realistically I think that both parties pitch for his middle ground anyway so elections are decided by the perceived competence of the parties rather than strong ideological grounds.
As an example I think most people want the NHS, which is more of a Labour concern and is run by the State at a large cost to the taxpayer. Labour support it, The Conservatives do as well despite their small-government ideology.
So I disagree that the parties are that different from each other, even if there are members within those parties who wish to be, and that they aim for a dodgy compromise between a large state and private enterprise.