[stephen_g]

Labour are not “The Conservative Party” but they are definitely (at the moment) pretty solidly a conservative party.

[fauigerzigerk]

The surveillance state isn't an exclusively conservative idea though. It has a long and storied tradition on the Left as well.

[coremoff]

I believe you're conflating "big-C" Conservative with "little-c" conservative.

The Conservatives (aka Tories) are conservatives. The Labour party are also conservatives as much of the voting public in the uk is small-c conservative and also authoritarian.