When he returned to England, he would often talk to his friends and acqaintances about politics.

He came to understand that the two major parties were based on the class system.
The Labour Party spoke only (or mostly) for the workers and the poor, and the Tory Party spoke only (or mostly) for the bosses and the rich.
The young man instinctively went for the middle way, as it just made sense.
He would always instinctively go for the underdog, anyway.

In Britain, the centre has had no real power (at least up until the appearance of "New Labour"), though it (the Liberal Party) used to historically**. And sadly, too many people in Britain again seem to think that the old way of thinking is best!

If he was talking to Labour Party supporters there were always arguments, and he would be accused of being a Tory, or sometimes even a Fascist!
And when he parted company, each time he felt that maybe he was, at least in some way.

When he talked to Tory supporters, there were always arguments, and he would be accused of being a Socialist -or even, sometimes, a Communist!
And when he parted company, he felt that maybe he was in fact a Socialist, at least in part, in some way.

And, whenever he talked to Liberal Party supporters, or those who just believed that all need a voice to be heard and have their needs met, there were usually no arguments, just agreements.

Well...he thought, and thought, and thought..and, of course, still argued quite a lot...he could certainly do that!

And then, as the years went by, he realised that he was not really a socialist, though he understood their views and their needs.
And he realised that he was not really a Tory, though he understood their point of view and their needs.

He now knew his political position, where he stood.
And he knew that it was right and it was good.

And from then on, during such “arguments”, when he was accused of being socialist or right wing, he would say,

“But no! I'm neither. I just believe in the centre, the middle way, the only united way, where all points of view and needs are taken into consideration.”
He was now accused of:

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Britain's greatest Statesman ever, is held to be the Liberal William Gladstone, elected Prime Minister four times, running against his arch rival the (left wing Tory) Benjamin Disraeli, who was himself elected Prime Minister twice, and has also been seen as one of our greatest prime ministers.


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