pete sounds fairly sensibly centre ground to me. my own politics come from the late 70s when the popular culture was good music and anti-racist. the anti-thatcher thing was strong and based on humanity and equality and a lively anti culture. All that's happened since has been a gradual and occasionally violent move to the right. now we get the ex-thatcherites giving their opinions as if that was reasonable yet they are far more 'left' than any part of the current government. in my mind (unreconstructed trot) i'd say someone like corbyn represents the sensible, moral and decent centre ground.