Roger Partridge: Radical or conservative? It all depends on your perspective

After six years of a Labour-led Government, the newly sworn-in Government’s policies were always going to shock its opponents. Despite the centre-left and the centre-right parties all pitching their policies to the median voter, profound philosophical differences divide them.

Under Labour, political discourse was dominated by the politics of identity. Race and gender issues became entwined in almost every aspect of public policy. Health, education, and environmental policies are the most obvious examples. But issues of identity pervaded even matters as banal as wastewater.