Just read a column on the BBC web site, contrasting the Reagan/Thatcher era of US republicans and UK Conservatives with the current crop. The point of the article was not well made, but I thought it made for an interesting read all the same.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11759960
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11759960