Right Wing :
- Traditional values - love the past (royals, veterans etc)
- 'Survival of the fittest' - we should be able to keep the money we earn, because we deserve it.
- Don't believe in benefits/welfare for all
- Don't want the NHS, or state schools --> want it to all be privatised
- Tied to Christian beliefs - anti-abortion beliefs, anti-gay marriage.
- Pro Brexit - anti-immigration
- Not worried about the environment
- Pro-nuclear weapons
Left wing:
- Optimists - visionaries of the future (forward looking)
- Anti-Brexit, Pro-Europe, pro-immigration, pro-multiculturalism
- 'Welfare State' benefits, "for the many not the few"
- Higher taxes - especially for the rich
- Hate tax dodging
- Looking for equality
- Idealists
- Pro-nationalisation
- Fight for women's rights and gay rights
- Very concerned about the environment
Owen Jones, Left Wing Journalist
'The UK press is largely run by a very small group of very right wing media moguls who defend the status quo of which they are part . If you are on the left and ant to change society, the media will always come for you'
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