Far left - US/UK definition

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Sheesh! Here finally comes a Brit disagreeing with the Brit bobbins about the lefty character of the Naidraug. That being the case, why not post it in answer to bobbins' opening post?

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Because it DOESN'T disagree with bobbin's opening post.From Message 1

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And what sources/evidence do you have that the BBC and Guardian are far left?

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emphasis mine.

"Very active" ? I don't think so. Neither the Morning Star or Socialist Worker is typically sold in newsagents - and they're the main Marxist press. The latter can be found sold in street corners by volunteers (usually students).On the whole the UK press tends to the right. Among the major dailys I can think of 3 left or left-ish newspapers - against 6 to the right.

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when I was a student I had great fun on the first week of term, setting up a "capitalist owners of production party" stand next to the one they had during freshers week.

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Sounds nearly as much fun as playing Nuclear War a few yards from a CND stand ("got change for 25 million people ?")

Or because the U.S. is on the whole right wing by European standards - and because there is no tidy division. For instance, whatever the Tory leadership really think about the NHS they certainly aren't prepared to say they want to scrap it. But you would be seen as a "leftist" in the U.S. to suggest any sort of equivalent there.