Long ago, the British Marxist Stuart Hall wrote an enduring article on the triumphs of the British conservatives during Margaret Thatcher’s rule. He did so under the marvelous title “The Great Moving Right Show.” Among the virtues of Hall’s analysis of Thatcherism was his appreciation of the extent to which the rightward movement involved more than just conservatives. As the Thatcher forces hardened in reactionary positions, much of the Labour Party scurried to occupy the ground being abandoned in the center-right of British politics. The whole political spectrum moved right. The very limits of political imagination narrowed. More
