Amazing, how similar this sounds to the liberals in the US. At one time, there were liberals that I could disagree with, but could also understand and respect. There were even liberal statesmen. Not in the last 35+ years, though.
We need a translation table to and from British to American politics, in order to understand what the UKIP party faces, and so on. I wonder what the British equivalent to a limousine liberal is? How about a wine-and-cheese liberal?
For ‘limousine liberal’ see ‘champagne socialist’