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@Drybird227 @FlashMobOfOne @selzero
"Always" is getting some heavy lifting here!

Until Thatcher in the late 70s /early 80s became infatuated with Reaganomics there was very clear daylight between the business orientated, middle class, Conservative party, and the worker & trade union orientated, working class, Labour Party that was largely composed of people who had experience of 'working life'.

Neither party have ever been squeeky clean, but until Thatcher I personally believe they had the best interests of the people & country in their own separate visions.

It's only in very recent years that the British Conservatives have aligned closely with American conservatives (note the C c difference). The reasons for this are probably the subject of several books.