Quote Originally Posted by bigmarco View Post
They both occupy exactly the same ground in politics Blair having brought Labour in from the left and Cameron having brought the Tories in from the right.
Exactly! Elections are won in the middle ground.

This forum seems to be populated mainly by some on the left and some quite far to the right, but the vast majority of the electorate are somewhere in the middle. I put myself in this bracket and I have no real allegiance to any political party. I'll just be voting for who I think will do the best job for me, my family and the country.

Our voting system means that (hopefully) those votes cast for parties on the extremes of the left and right will not translate into any MPs and we end up with a government somewhere in the middle.