Which US Political party is most similar to the UK Labour Party?

There are direct correlations between British Political Parties and American ones, people who claim the UK is FAR to the left when compared to American Politics are incorrect There are three main parties in the UK, traditionally they were the Conservatives (Right wing) Liberals (Centre) Labour (Left Wing) The Conservatives have always been to the right, however they are not as right wing as the Republican party, at the same time they have little in common with the American Democrats If the Conservatives were American they would sit in the centre, as they share some common ground with the Republicans, (less Government interference, Supporters of big business, anti-welfare etc) at the same time they do share some common ground with the Democratic Party (Government health care, freedom of choice in relation to abortions etc, etc) the tories are not the party of the poor so it has no 'rednecks' to appease, it's core supporters are the people of the English middle class, and it's policies reflect these peoples values, which means the most religious they get is the odd prayer in an Anglican church, certainly no Evangelical, Puritan or Mormon fundamentalism, as such abortions, stem cells, gay unions etc, etc are simply not issues In many ways the British Conservatives are what the Republican Party would be WITHOUT the more extreme Right wing religious members, (i. E Sarah Palin etc) The Republican who won Teddy Kennedy's seat in Mass a few months ago would find a home in the Conservative party, as he considered by some is a 'left leaning' Republican The Conservatives have not moved left, what has happened is that the whole UK political spectrum shifted right, this happened when Tony Blair moved the Labour party from the left wing into the centre back in the mid 90's, now the British labour party are in the centre (where their 'right-wingers' battle it out with Conservative 'left wingers') The British Labour party now share more in common with the US democrats, in fact Tony Blair and Bill Clinton were virtual peas in a pod so close did their beliefs match. Cameron and Johnson also met with McCain during the US election (in fact Cameron met McCain before he met Obama) however the US media and European media were having an Obama love fest so only reported about who supported Obama Thatcher and Reagan shared little in common when it came to domestic policies, (Reagan actually wanted to try and do some of the things she was doing, but was dissuaded as it was felt the American voters would not stand for such 'right wing policies!

I. E selling off government welfare housing etc) were they did find common ground and were they grew close and worked tirelessly together was on their total opposition to Communism, while all the other leaders of the western worlds, spoke of appeasement, or tried to duck the issues around the Soviet Union, both Thatcher and Reagan remained it's biggest foes, never once backing down on anything when it came to the Soviets. The worrying thing about the republican party at present is the presence of so many high profile 'pretend idiots' people like Bush and now Palin, people make a great play at being not very bright, the 'I'm just an average Joe' act, the fact is neither of these people are stupid, both have clearly got enough intelligence to reach high office and stay there (never an easy thing in politics) what is worrying is that rather than show they have intelligence they would rather act like they just fell off the back of a haycart.

Personally I think this speaks volumes about their view of the American public, and the fact so many Americans lap it up, perhaps they are right.

The Conservative Party in the UK, commonly known as the Torries, is more like the American Democratic Party, and have been that way for the better part of 2 centuries now. The main point that you need to understand is that the vast majority of political ideology in Europe is to the left of what we Americans consider the middle. The mainstream Torrie would be considered a moderate Democrat by today's standards.

There are exceptions of course in every party, and as trends go so do politicians. One other consideration to take note of is that the Torrie Party is descended from the British aristocracy. I would think of the Torries as kind of old school Centrists.

Churchill after all was a staunch Torrie.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.