Am I far left?

Far-right commentators – the sort to be found in the Tufton Street think tanks – are suggesting that I am on the far-left of the political spectrum. Really? Since when did a belief in democracy, the need for a strong government capable of delivering decent public services for a very mixed economy, plus an absolute determination that no child should live in poverty, make a person far left? Could it be that those suggesting that I am are in danger of falling off the edge of the far-right?