What is going on? ignoring the posts by Gerry Adams and Martin Mcguiness. Britain is the most un-socialist country in Europe mostly due to 18 years of Tory rule and 8 years of Labour rule under tory economic ideals. We have one of the lowest tax rates in europe and are an highly competative Captilist society, with low levels of regulation. We are not as some seem to have concluded an stalinist commie country.