You thought there were three main parties?

Well you were wrong. There's only one party, but it has three wings. Here is what the FT said in an article headed - "Why UK political parties look more and more the same".

Here are a few snippets >

Mr Blair’s decade in power demolished almost every recognisable landmark on the British political scene as he drove his party towards the centre.

The two parties have raced to be first to announce near-identical policies, be it cutting death duties or tackling illegal immigrants or knife-wielding drug dealers.

The narrowing of the political debate is not unique to Britain and is partly a result of external factors. Globalisation has limited politicians’ room for manoeuvre on economic policy: footloose capital can pick and choose between the most favourable tax and business environments.

Nick Clegg has been described by a senior colleague as “Cameron’s stunt double”.

Labour, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats will fight the next election with the same proposed tax and spending totals until 2010-11.

All three parties have embraced the idea of the private and voluntary sectors having a bigger role.

In actual fact the FT is a bit slow. It has been clear for many years that working people have had their political voice neutered ever since the "Labour Party" embraced the "Globalisation" doctrine.

A new party is urgently needed. Have a look here at the website for the Campaign for a New Workers Party.