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Originally Posted by jfman
Elections might be won or lost in the centre ground but none of Britain’s problems are solved there.
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True unless there is self-evident proof that a radical policy shift is needed. Energy or Water sectors are good examples, together with re-aligning with the EU.
Here's an interesting YouGov tracker on perceptions of where the Conservatives are on the left/centre/right of politics:
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics...arty-alignment
In latest polling, the 20% think the Tories are very right wing, 26% think fairly right wing and 14% slightly right of centre. Pretty damning figures.
Also:
Tories now seen as being as right wing as 2014-16 era UKIP
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The Conservatives and the right
By contrast, any traces of David Cameron’s modernisation project have long since disappeared. Cameron had dragged perceptions of the Conservatives significantly towards the centre during his period as opposition leader, from a starting point of +53 in our first poll in February 2006 to +37 in March 2010 – close to Cameron’s own rating of +34.
The ratings of the Conservatives and their leader then lurched rightwards when the party came to power in 2010, however, and remained largely consistent thereafter – during his time as prime minister Cameron’s score averaged +44 and his party’s +48.
Theresa May was seen as further to the right than Cameron (averaging +54 as PM) and the Conservatives likewise under her (averaging +57).
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but don't forget, they can solve all their problems by lurching further to the right as "they haven’t been right wing enough"
