i'm a progressive in the u k. People think i'm on the right. I'm actually neither. The idea that one side of the political debate is right and the other one is wrong is the most maronic thing ever heard write. Conservatives want things to state more the same, and progressive people tend to want things to change faster. It seems very unlike but here's the thing with your question as well, francis,. i've been thinking about this a lot. Like there would have been times in society, in the history of different societies, where you absolutely needed to be progressive.