but if you are beginning to realize that 1) government pretty much f**ks everything up they try and 2) absolute power is the purview of all careeer government politicans... that would be conservative here.

Liberals/Progressives paint conservatives as racist/sexist/homophobes here.. as you have no doubt seen on this board towards me. It's really all they have left after failure. Hill-dog is running unopposed for Chrissakes. No debate.

Don't know for sure where that fits on the UK spectrum, but questioning government, as you are, is an excellent first step.