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Originally Posted by Stuart
However, I am a Liberal. Funnily enough one Trump supporter friend of mine uses that phrase as an insult, but I am proud to be Liberal.
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In America 'liberal' means left-wing. Labour would be 'liberals' here. The Democratic party are, largely, liberal. Corbyn would be a liberal even though he advocates for largely illiberal positions here. Unfortunately the Americanisation of the term has caught on over here a bit but then it's applied where it isn't warranted.
The in the UK liberals are found across the parties. You have left-wing liberals and you have (more) right-wing liberals. The Liberal Democrats are a sort of crossover but the main difference is that they place liberalism above all else and aren't classical laissez-faire liberals whereas Tories/Labour are more focused on their respective party platforms. I don't think you can be a liberal and vote for the Snoopers Charter for example.