DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Why ARE we a much more Left-wing nation despite 12 years of Conservative governments?

Considering that the Tories have been in office, one way or another, since May 2010 – almost 12½ years – you might expect most areas of life in Britain to be markedly conservative, stamped with the imprint of our political masters.

Certainly, a very different country from the land ruled by New Labour’s Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

But in very many key areas of national life, there has actually been a strong drift to the Left.

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