see... as far as I can remember my understanding of politics developed from my mid teens
over 10 - 15 years of rigorous intense comparative critical analysis of the full spectrum of right/centre/left 'ideologies'...

On balance I, as many of my contemporaries, found more value in ideas & possibilities from centre to left...


Now I'm in my late 50s and battered and wearied from all life's shite..

My politics are based far more on experience [mostly negative]...

It's all about striving to achieve a sensible balance of opinions and priorities...

Some of you might be surprised how easily I can reconcile my 'leftist' views on socio economics
and trade unions & nationalisation,
with my somewhat less forgiving 'rightist' views on law 'n' order -
particularly regarding street corner drug dealers, drunk drivers,
publicans who don't serve their cider fresh,
and full grown men who ride their bicycles on public pavements...

Now that does bring out the flog 'em and hang 'em baser baser instincts of my human nature..... 😜


btw.. left or right it's only 'human nature' to take the piss out of twattish crude stereotypes of the opposition...