| Will labour ever get back into power? 10:52 - Dec 23 with 19817 views | mrrockin |
I've been following the recent labour news with amusement and a bit of sadness (yes genuinely) - it's painfully obvious that the tories are going to win an increased majority possibly even a landslide in 2020.
By this point the left of labour will have a stranglehold over labour and this will mean there is no hope for the right of labour which closely mirrors the early 80's with the breakaway of the SDP.
Personally I believe the likes of Denis Healey made a mistake and the moderates should have left on mass to join the SDP and leave the socialists to keep the red flag flying high. Maybe as CB has long argued it is time for a voting change.
I was very skeptical about voting change but I personally thought the coalition largely did a superb job and I was disappointed it didn't continue in many ways. I largely support this Gov but I'm more in the centre so I'd prefer the right wingers to be more restrained which the coalition provided.
My point is that under the present system labour will never recover and it might be time for a realignment to take place in British politics.
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| Will labour ever get back into power? on 14:20 - Dec 31 with 2092 views | exiledclaseboy |
| Will labour ever get back into power? on 14:16 - Dec 31 by mrrockin |
No he wouldn't have, as you well know elections are about setting battle lines. When in Gov, politicians become more pragmatic.
Just as labour would have cut deeper, tories would borrow more. The point is that if the left ever want to get back into power they need to be coherent.
Ironically Mcdonnell was actually coherent at one point saying that labour had to move to a balanced budget but needed to tax a lot more. Old labour imo are wrong but at least it's coherent, tax and spend. Not borrow and spend. |
I've worked quite closely with central government since 2010. There's not been much pragmatism involved tbh. It's an ideological frenzy. The LibDens held back the worst excesses for awhile. |  |
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| Will labour ever get back into power? on 14:24 - Dec 31 with 2087 views | mrrockin |
| Will labour ever get back into power? on 14:20 - Dec 31 by exiledclaseboy |
I've worked quite closely with central government since 2010. There's not been much pragmatism involved tbh. It's an ideological frenzy. The LibDens held back the worst excesses for awhile. |
I'm talking about the Treasury, they will never be able to get everything through and will have to compromise.
The spending review this Parliament was very tame indeed, even the BBC and Guardian were struggling to paint a picture of Dickensian Britain. | | | |
| Will labour ever get back into power? on 02:06 - Jan 8 with 2019 views | Loyal |
Was this guy in ' boys from the black stuff '
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