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The current iteration of the Conservative Party is effectively UKIP, the acceptable face (to some) of the far right.
I think that's fair, but the point I was making is that what seems "far right" to us today would have been thought of as "centre right" in the 80s. I think that holds across a broad range of issues from LGBTQ+ rights and free movement of labour to fiscal policy. While much maligned for illegal wars, Blair did a great deal to modernise attitudes in this country and shore up the tax/spend balance.
UKIP of course was made up of a lot of the old NF agitators with some media training to keep a lid on the hate speech (not always successfully).
NickCJ
The current iteration of the Conservative Party is effectively UKIP, the acceptable face (to some) of the far right.