tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27488238.post164774320774918478..comments2024-03-22T11:34:45.165+01:00Comments on taw's blog: What does Labour Party want anyway?tawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16972845140253292628noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27488238.post-2600719215211597422016-11-28T06:32:05.260+01:002016-11-28T06:32:05.260+01:00Labour are currently a split house, and are best u...Labour are currently a split house, and are best understood as such. Since Thatcher, the UK has been on a slow march to the right, and the FPTP voting system in the UK pushes the parties together, toward the mean view of the voter.<br /><br />This has lead to Labour being Tory-lite. Many Labour MPs are OK with this, but others joined to help the working class. Thus the split. Corbyn is of the latter mindset, and is attempting to steer the party back toward the left. Something he's not going to succeed in unless he can change the voting system to something more reasonable first.<br /><br />tl;dr: each Labourite wants different things, but the party is pretending to be a united front.Medivhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206569101187117739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27488238.post-29916880084469868092015-07-29T22:20:14.079+02:002015-07-29T22:20:14.079+02:00Labour wants to believe they are the good guys and...Labour wants to believe they are the good guys and they are fighting against the evil bad guys. They're the rebellion fighting the empire.<br /><br />"We're the folk song army,<br />And every one of us cares.<br />We all hate poverty, war and injustice,<br />Unlike the rest of you squares"Dan Lucrafthttp://danlucraft.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27488238.post-11520947182701984272015-07-27T01:00:59.321+02:002015-07-27T01:00:59.321+02:00It's simpler than you thought. All they need i...It's simpler than you thought. All they need is coke... and hookers. And 10 quid breakfast.<br /><br />Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6560352/Baron-John-Sewel-drug-binges-with-prostitutes.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com