Leftbehind
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« on: June 10, 2012, 06:06:43 PM » |
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« edited: June 10, 2012, 06:10:43 PM by Leftbehind »
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I've said it before but I can't say I'm confident whatsoever. I don't know about elsewhere, but I think the Progress lot have a pretty firm grip on UK Labour, and no conference will reverse that. I suspect it's to the extent where leftists will get screened out and never make it to MPs (ensuring the few remaining from a bygone era won't get enough nominations to stand), whether it's the will of the party bosses (undoubtedly) or whether it's that leftists don't bother with Labour anymore, coupled with the decreasing party membership gives the right-wingers overwhelming power...either way, they amount to the same thing - right hegemony, and even when there's an upset (see Ed beating Dave) there's nothing much to worry about and very little change in direction. It's not just the cuts that Labour are back-peddling/accepting - from what I can gather they're accepting the NHS reforms and free schools with a few adjustments these days too.
At least here I don't see anything but a vote for the-least-sh**ttest (who'll do nothing but triangulate the right) for the foreseeable future.
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