why do you classify the liberal democrats as leftists and not as liberals which are the policies that they support and they are not liberal but socialist do you have any sources that show that liberalism in the uk means clearly social democracy which of my statements is false honestly do you think that what the term liberalism means in the usa has the same meaning in other places i think that is what you're implying that there is no conflict we all mean the same thing which is not true see wikipedia american versus european use of the term liberalism capslock