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Not Britain. The Conservative (right wing) political party.

They're both bad in different ways. The right only understands one thing: spend less. The left only understands one thing: spend more.

A country is a system too complex to make decisions top-bottom like this.

What an incredibly vapid and reductionist take. You don't like politics, ergo it is simple enough to discount.

Indeed. The real sadness is that people get hurt in the political crossfire.