Most U.S. liberals would be right of center in Europe.  Many U.S. persons are secretly a bit jealous of Europe. They come here and see that life is better than at home but they don't understand how that could possibly be. Broadly, the cities are more orderly, the infrastructure is in better shape, public transportation functions, the people are generally more aware of the wider world, other languages, politics, ideas. Can you imagine, there aren't so many guns in the hands of civilians and yet relatively little crime. And blow me down, they don't even have capital punishment. As a whole, the U.S. can't get its head around the idea that democracy and market economy can come in many different shapes and sizes. Yes, I have also heard about European prejudice, racism, drug problem and everything else which, in the U.S., is just as bad or maybe worse. I'm not so sure how the U.K. fits in.