I think Holmes had no political affiliations at all. In "Scarlet", Watson
lists
down the areas of expertise/ignorance of Holmes and I quote,

"His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary
literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing"

Politics was something Holmes did not have an interest in.
However this does not mean that he took no interest in the world
affairs around him. In fact on several occasions in the canon,
Holmes is called to aid his motherland - remarkable examples
that come to mind are "The Second Stain", "Bruce Partington",
"His last bow" and many untold stories in the Canon.

I think to sum up, it is most likely that Holmes had an interest in
politics where his country was concerned in the world stage but
I doubt he had any interest in party politics inside his country.

Regards

--Anand



On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:05 AM, sumalsn <no_reply@...> wrote:

> Dear Tim and Holmesians,
> I would like to point out that there seems to be a difference in the
> personalities of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his creation, Sherlock Holmes.
> Whilst, Sir ACD was a believer in Occult, ( Cottingley Fairies, attempts to
> contact the dead through mediums etc), Sherlock Holmes scorned the occult(
> Adventure of Sussex vampire, hound of baskervilles etc). So I do not think
> both would necessarily share the same political sympathies.
> Sumalsn
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