What's the difference between the Labour party and the Tory Party.
Answer: None what's so ever!

Edwin Jacob, Hounslow, UK

So basically they're all the same then, well I didn't know that, thanks.

peter reddington, Leeds, W Yorks

The division amongs the parties today has far more to do with being libertarian and authoritarian or taking a socially liberal or socially reactionary/conservative stance which leaves the old left right spectrum outdated.

The media also plays a role in (mis)-representing issues as left or right of centre. One good example is immigration: Language such as "tougher controls" on the influx overseas workers makes the issue sound reactionary , right wing and illiberal - whereas the need to closely monitor the type of workers we need from overseas; that social advantage comes from speaking English can actually seen as a progressive policy.

The issue about what is and is not traditionally a left/right position now determines why Cameron is finding it so hard to make headway in pushing his agenda. Commentators and the Government can't wait to paint his latest ideas a shift to the right or otherwise. The terms right and left are vacuous and mean little.

Name Withheld, London,

I'll give the political analysts some statistics. At least 80% of the population of this country believe that all the political claptrap which gets shoved in their ears morning, noon and night is a pain in the backside, and what's more they couldn't give a f...

Phil de Buquet, Newport, England

the BNP are actually in the center ground.
they have the most popular policies on crime and immigration,
the two most major concerns of the public today.

when SKY polled the public it was found that there was massive support for the BNPs policies and only a tiny drop in support when the BNP were mentioned.

the BNP have risen in a few short years to be a major political force and will continue to grow massively as the issues most concerning the public are ignored or spinned, the lib/lab/con single party wont fix the decay of this country but will only add too it. as they are in fact the root cause!

the middle ground is the BNP the press who are desparately trying to hold the BNP back need to catch up with public opinion on the main issues and recognise and support the only party with the solutions. does david cameron really stand for law and order? does the labour party really stand up for the working class? who really supports grammer schools and individual achievement?

joan blackwell, southampton, hampshire

I think a quote from the TV programme GBH was "The further left you go, the more right wing you become". Don't know if its relevant, but certainly true

Mike, WGC, herts, UK

So the statisticians have proved that a minority of voters think that party leaders have altered their opinions to try and win votes - I hope this isn't being paid for by my tax bill!

KR, Stockport,

Ah yes, the 'I'll say anything to get a vote' type of politics. This is becoming more common by the day. Along with the inability to deliver.

Judy , Liverpool, england

The race to see who can be most supine?

Michael Grable, Silver Spring, USA/MD

I think so much of this is esoteric tosh. The centre - or centreground- is such a vague thing no-one ever defines what it is, while all the pundits go on about it. It must be as stable a position as a belly dancer's navel.
The idea of a straight-line spectrum from left to right is daft. It is more circular. Communists like Stalin and National socialists like Hitler supposed to be opposites are similar.
So let's find a sensible way of discussing things.

Dr j Findlater, Carnforth,

I get very confused about this left - right business ! Britsh people, on the whole , hold a mix of political views and its so difficult to define whether someone is 'left leaning' but at the same time 'lurching to the right'. ! For example I know leftie Tories and Labour/Union supporters with right wing monarchist views !! People don't cling to cold war political labels anymore ! As fo whether the population is closer to Blair, Cameron, Brown or Ming - how can we be sure what they believe ? If we swallow the spin then yes, Blair is a centrist politician from the left - but with right leanings ! However if you look closely he is a mix of corporatist and socialist (taken to extremes in the 1920's) - devolutionist but at the same time clawing powers back into Downing Street.! If you want to get on in politics - don't hold on to the old labels ! Just make everything up as you go along !!

David, Swindon, Wiltshire