"The Labour Party at present is some way to the right of the centre."

Too true! But speak to any Labour Party supporter and you get the impression that Kier Hardy and Aneurin Bevan are still at the helm and for that person to even THINK about voting for any other party would be absolute sacrilege!

And MtheGM - John Brunner was one of the revered writers of my youth and I would not deliberately misquote him. I think that he made the remark about people not thinking things through in an interview in a SF magazine - but it might take me a while to find it!