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And if the Lib Dems vote against? I assume the bill doesn't pass. Then again, the Liberal Democrats sold out the moment it meant gaining power in the coalition government in 2007, and that's what got them getting battered during the elections. I wondered, what's Nick Clegg doing these days?

As for Farage, I was speaking from the perspective of Republicans here in the states. Since Ukip is much like the GOP (but more respectable), I assume they share more or less the same immigration policy, which appears to have been true. But it is known that conservatives are generally against unrestricted, open-door immigration, while leftists and socialists tend to be for it, such as the Democratic Party here.

True. Britain has stayed out of American wars when possible. But it's an open secret that Britain stayed out of the Vietnam War as a way of getting back at the United States for not assisting them during the Suez Canal Crisis. As for Blair and Thatcher, let's remember that different politicians have different goals and motivations. It was only 150 years ago that the Republican Party was the left-wing party, and the Democrats the right-wing party. I'm not surprised that Blair acted like a Tory rather than a Liberal.

On America, couldn't have said so better myself. And Greece, well, most socialists are generally poor workers and lazy. In the Soviet Union, workers were notorious for slacking off since they had no real incentive to work harder, especially in the 1970s and 1980s. So while I'm not saying tax evasion is a socialist hallmark (most tax evaders in the states are in the Republican strongholds of the American southeast), it clearly is an issue for them. Also, that is the reason welfare states are so terrible in populous nations; the government provides too many services its citizens can't reasonably pay for.