Thanks for the advice. I'm not American so maybe these things have different meanings there. You can read it as 'conservative' if that is better. I was contras

Thanks for the advice. I'm not American so maybe these things have different meanings there. You can read it as 'conservative' if that is better. I was contrasting to the article, which started out quoting a 'group of leftwing politicians and union officials from across Europe.' As far as I know, in the UK at least people don't have a problem identifying as right-wing (except on Twitter, obvs)