Lib Dems on the political compass

The Liberal Democrats sit closest to the centre of the UK chart: pro-market relative to Labour, pro-welfare relative to the Conservatives, and the most consistently liberal of the large UK parties on civil liberties.

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Economic -1.0, social 0.0. That point lands in Liberal Democratism.

Liberal democratism is the centre of the map: constitutional government, competitive elections, a mixed economy, and a preference for neither revolution nor hierarchy. Most established centre parties live near this cell.

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