We don't have a left-wing mainstream party in Britain and there is misrepresentation of what is 'Left-wing'.

For a start, "Benefits" is not necessarily a left-wing issue. Socialism is about fairer wages, so the more work you do, the more money you get. People sitting around on their backsides in Council Estates as Baby Factories is not Socialism.

Then there is "big spend" as it is put, which again, doesn't actually mean it is "Left-wing". I was advocating on this forum before the whole conservative craze to get rid of the debt. I have also spoken of long-term investment and alternative strategies for handling infrastructure. Then as HoreTore brilliantly pointed out in another thread "In America, Healthcare is seen as a profit making industry, but in the UK, it is seen as a drain on public resources".

I could go on.