Eloethan
Katie59 I wonder whether the Conservative MPs who are up in arms about the "mini budget" - and in particular the proposed abolition of the 45p tax rate - are particularly concerned about issues of poverty and inequality. They want to hold on to their jobs, and the unpopularity of this very unjust and dangerous proposal has been across the political spectrum. People who have been quite content to see low paid workers and vulnerable people struggle with ordinary living costs, are now outraged when these deprivations are to be visited on them.
The terms left and right wing are, in my view, a useful way of identifying the sort of aims and values underlying various parties and groups. I would say that it is only people who feel no allegiance to any particular grouping or set of values that can describe themselves as neither left nor right wing.
The term "moderate" is often used by people who are broadly in favour of the economic and social status quo and who don't feel strongly enough about any issue to want radical change. However, my feeling is that if everybody had been agreeable and unwilling to rock the boat, we would never have had an NHS, a pension scheme, health and safety regulations, discrimination laws, etc, etc, etc.
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