Tag: Left
The public has changed, and so must Brown
jkitleft Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 09:58:42 PM GMT 
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Every twenty-thirty years, the general tilt, politically, shifts on its axis. PM's have responded to this. Gladstone, Disraeli, Asquith/Lloyd George, Attlee and then Thatcher. The fourties had a country that was in ruins. Labour's socialism was their reward. In the seventies, unions were bringing the country to a halt. Thatcherism was their (punishment, in my opinion, although some of her reforms were necessary). Now, the public has gone to the left again, and Brown must heed the call.
Here is my reasoning for this. A couple of years ago, the furore of private equity, non-doms, and those in the 10p tax band, would not have been as potent. But the middle-classes are getting angry about the unfair taxation system in this country. This is a chance for progressivism, that can change a generation.
I would like to hear from any of you, as to any policies to suggest.
Here is my reasoning for this. A couple of years ago, the furore of private equity, non-doms, and those in the 10p tax band, would not have been as potent. But the middle-classes are getting angry about the unfair taxation system in this country. This is a chance for progressivism, that can change a generation.
I would like to hear from any of you, as to any policies to suggest.
Left take control of Amicus-Unite NEC
Wiseman Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 05:01:04 PM GMT
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Dear Comrades
Just to let you know that the left (gazette) have reached enough seats to take control of the NEC
Regard
John Wiseman
Just to let you know that the left (gazette) have reached enough seats to take control of the NEC
Regard
John Wiseman
Does the left have a future?
Radford Mann Mon Sep 03, 2007 at 04:33:30 PM GMT
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The retirement of some left wing Labour MPs and the possible deselection of another in Liverpool West Derby, the invasion of Iraq, the decision to replace Trident, the failure even to get McDonnell on the ballot paper and various other issues cause me to pause and ask, is there a future for the left in the Labour Party?
Labour Shifts Left
jonesythered Sun Jun 03, 2007 at 01:28:10 AM GMT
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A new YouGov poll for the Sunday Times has revealed that both Labour party members and trade unionists are drastically to the left of the party leadership.
What is the future of the left?
jkitleft Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 12:24:57 PM GMT
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I have long pondered as to what the future of the left is in the labour party. When i have asked other people as to who in Labour is left-wing anymore, they point to Campaign Group members like Dennis Skinner. Although he is a great parlimentarian, I hate all his talk of a class war, he is a Trotskyite in disguise. The heart and soul of democratic socialism died on two seperate days, May 12th 1994 and August 6th 2005, the days of John Smith and Robin Cooks deaths. After many election losses Labour needed to modernise, but Tony Blair treated Smith's death like an election loss, moving one step too far to the right. the ignorance of the moderate left wingers astounds me. I heard on a seperate thread someone saying Roy Hattersley was part of the Ultra-Left like Benn and Foot; well it was people like Hattersley who saved the party, infact he had the future of Labour in his hands. Had Hattersley defected to the SDP, other soft-left members like Smith and Dewar would have defected, Benn would have become Deputy Leader,m more would have defected and the Alliance would have become the dominant party of the left. But there is no room for people like Hattersley anymore, for Labour is senn as divided into New Labour, a coalition of Blairites and Brownites and the hard-left of people in the Campaign group. Thus Hattersley is put into the latter category for there is no room for the moderate-left winger. And so I ask can we regain this party, to make it one of moderate or democratic socialism?
