Yeah. "Small-c conservative". Starmer seems to have decided that the path to victory is to copy Tory policy and attitude as closely as possible, hoping that this will get him favourable press coverage or support from the particular set of "floating" voters in marginal constituencies that he needs.
But the Labour party have never been especially liberal. They're just as likely to enact controlling social policy. And, again, the press are extremely illiberal, they're likely to campaign for more surveillance.
(Don't try to jam the American two-party lens onto UK four-plus party politics, it will not help you make sense of the actual situation).
> (Don't try to jam the American two-party lens onto UK four-plus party politics, it will not help you make sense of the actual situation).
Because the UK has FPTP elections, in practice it's a two party system but which two parties varies by locale, resulting in some weird interactions that aren't really seen in the US.
You aren't going to get elaborate rainbow coalitions under that model, as you might in say Germany.
Long way off topic, but: I've always wondered why the US, fifty states not all of which are even contiguous, separated by huge distances, has not evolved regional parties?
But the Labour party have never been especially liberal. They're just as likely to enact controlling social policy. And, again, the press are extremely illiberal, they're likely to campaign for more surveillance.
(Don't try to jam the American two-party lens onto UK four-plus party politics, it will not help you make sense of the actual situation).