Has anybody else found that their personal political views have undergone an evolution from one side of the political spectrum to the other?
From a comfortable middle class family, as a University student I identifed with the Labour party and supported pro-union policies as desirable for promoting working class aspirations.
I considered myself a social democrat, completed a couple of political economy/left wing political papers, which I found far more enjoyable than my major.
I even considered postgraduate study.
Two general elections later and I now feel uncomfortable identifing with left wing political parties, instead I find myself increasingly identifying wth the Tories.
I'm still opposed to the extreme New Right ideology, but your traditional Tory conservatism seems about right.
I have not yet voted for them at a general election, as it is still a matter of mistrusting their upper hierarchy, but I have voted for a right wing mayor and council during recent local elections.
But if all politics are local, I have just moved to a real battleground electorate, with a high profile anti-development greenie for a MP, voting for the Tory seems a nobrainer.
Any thoughts.
From a comfortable middle class family, as a University student I identifed with the Labour party and supported pro-union policies as desirable for promoting working class aspirations.
I considered myself a social democrat, completed a couple of political economy/left wing political papers, which I found far more enjoyable than my major.
I even considered postgraduate study.
Two general elections later and I now feel uncomfortable identifing with left wing political parties, instead I find myself increasingly identifying wth the Tories.
I'm still opposed to the extreme New Right ideology, but your traditional Tory conservatism seems about right.
I have not yet voted for them at a general election, as it is still a matter of mistrusting their upper hierarchy, but I have voted for a right wing mayor and council during recent local elections.
But if all politics are local, I have just moved to a real battleground electorate, with a high profile anti-development greenie for a MP, voting for the Tory seems a nobrainer.
Any thoughts.