The UK Conservative Party is usually described as “centre right” but this is a long outdated opinion because, in the game of political charades called “Democracy” where he who promises to bestow the most “benefits” gets the most votes, they have no option but to play on the left field.  Since when did a promise to spend more on science or defence win any votes?   Given the ever-increasing number of retired voters expecting state benefits – particularly the NHS, the aged pension and bus-passes – and the need to attract young voters away from their natural left field home – the “Conservatives” are being inexorably pulled onto the left field by the “red-shift” phenomenon that is elemental to any democracy.   No political party can, for example, even hint about reforming the “almost everything for free” philosophy of the NHS, despite the ever-growing crisis in that funding-hungry, yet strangely sacrosanct, Labour-excavated money pit.  As long as there is a bit of “defence budget” left to be milked it is not even going to be considered.   And the party which is unlucky enough to be in power when the inevitable has to happen will almost certainly lose the following election.