o/t do people really believe there is a right and left in politics, today?

[Casper64Frank]

I have a friend in fleet street who says in the past they seldom mixed but nowadays they are all lunching together and it has been the case for years..

Very reassuring to know you have a " friend " IBS.
For a while I was concerned you were talking & answering yourself.
A " friend " in " The Street of Shame " as it's sometimes called.
Do they still publish the Beano in Fleet Street ?
Is your " friend " an investment banker or in the legal profession ?
Does he sell The Socialist Worker on Fleet Street ?
In answer to your O/P, politicians have been buying each other gin & tonics & cheap ale for a long while.
It's not an illusion, the trick is to get elected as an MP then get your snout in the expenses trough.

EDIT ; yes there is still a right & left in politics, has been since Tony Blair bunked off.