Dear David
3rd April 2007
The next couple of years will be absorbing ones in British politics. Over the past decade Labour has won the ideological battle, in spite of the public disillusionment that has now set in. A succession of Tory leaders who clung to a form of Thatcherism have been seen off. The Conservatives have been forced to change ideological direction in order to re-emerge as serious challengers for power. No doubt you will wish to play down this change, but it is clear that the centre ground of British politics has been shifted in a social democratic direction.
Both the main parties now claim to believe in strong and well-funded public services, the need to counter inequality, the importance of reducing child poverty, the centrality of green politics, being tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime, decentralisation in government, healthcare and education, and in taking forceful measures against illegal migration and the threat of terrorism.
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