Understanding British politics : liberals vs insurgents and the counter insurgencies

Hi all,

During the political Blair era ,which I say latest from 1997  to 2015 ,  all of the main political parties - at least the elite echelons and leadership centred around forms of liberalism :

1. Labour Liberalism : 

" personal "  freedoms endorsed by the state and given to them individual (gay civil partnerships ,equality law , alongside older chestnuts such as abortion, feminism , immigrarion) alongside welfare liberalism via tax credits. You could have gay sex at 16, but not light up a cigarette afterwards. 

Government :  toleration and endorsement of free market , subject go creating a regulatory body for every conceivable aspect of business. Pro EU. Stealth taxes. Pro multinational businesses.

2.  Conservative liberalism 

" personal "  freedoms endorsed by the state and given to them individual (gay civil partnerships ,equality law , alongside older chestnuts such as abortion, feminism , immigrarion) alongside welfare liberalism via cutting of benefits and council houses. Hugging huskies, but making ill people go to a health benefits assessment, which they inevitably were deemed okay to work as they had a pulse.

Government :  toleration and endorsement of free market , subject to creating a regulatory body for every conceivable aspect of business. Pro EU. Pro big multinational businesses.

During this time there was a growing insurgency within and without . The Euro sceptics, the far left internally and externally UKIPs surge and the Scottish nationalist surge. 

After 2015 these insurgents began to set the political agenda. With the first majority conservative government in 30 years David Cameron could no longer rely on another centralist liberal party for cover.  We then a the Brexit referendum..the brexit insurgents didn't implement policy, but it was clear that the direction of travel would be their own. Likewise the left of Labour insurgents took over the party and we have Corbyn. 

What is happening now in both main parties is a low level civil war.  For neither insurgencies were powerful enough to gain total power and now the old liberal guard in both parties are conducting counter insurgencies. In short Britain no longer has two major parties, but four . The parties are just franchises and brands. Husks for whatever a politician wants to put into them.