> The secret is this; whichever party is in power, policies tend to be similar. In other words, government ideology has little effect in areas such as taxation,

> The secret is this; whichever party is in power, policies tend to be similar. In other words, government ideology has little effect in areas such as taxation, welfare and foreign policy. That's not a secret. As shown by the old saw: "Whoever you vote for the government always gets in." And it is easily explained by the huge inertia of vast numbers of people who rather like stability.