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by Rexogamer 1065 days ago
we are currently under a right wing government whose media friends smeared their only real opposition as... a dangerous communist who would destroy the country. their main opposition now are copying more and more of their policies.

they are not, in fact, communists and are pretty far away from ever being left of centre.

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I think this is tribal view of the word. Reality is much more complex than left vs right. The political elite is pushing this false dichotomy too.
A Right wing government would stop mass immigration and not promote leftist social values as current UK government/establishment does. Far away from right wing, certainly not nationalist in any way.
are you trying to suggest that the tories are "promoting leftist social values"? considering their mediocre at best treatment of minority groups, [citation needed]

also one of their most controversial bills would lead to "illegal" immigrants being sent to Rwanda

skewed American perspectives aside, I genuinely fail to see how anyone would interpret them as anything left of centre-right

> skewed American perspectives aside, I genuinely fail to see how anyone would interpret them as anything left of centre-right

And this is their prestige. At least the one-nation Tories can see through it, even though they were expelled in the 2019 putsch.