Showing posts with label Labour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Labour. Show all posts

Sunday, June 21, 2020

Why the Tories won

The electorate voted to leave the EU. The majority was greater than that of any party in Westminster. The Tory slogan was ‘Get Brexit done’. This appealed to those who voted for Brexit. It also appealed to those fed up to the back teeth with the whole bloody issue. 

The ‘leadership issue’ was Blairites who preferred a Tory victory to a victory for Corbyn. The disingenuous report issued by Miliband, an expert on losing elections, translate this as Corbyn’s leadership putting off the voters. They want to have it both ways. 

If there is to be a party of the working class in the UK it is clear that Labour is rapidly becoming a ‘second eleven’ for the bosses. Trade unionists need to seriously consider the need to break from the class compromisist position of Keir Starmer. 

James Connolly said that the working class is strongest when it matches under its own banner. That is a thought worth pondering. 

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Hold your nose and vote Labour?

I understand that people may vote Labour to get the Tories out. I just think we could do a lot better if the unions refused to fund candidates who support privatisation or cuts. That would rule out most of the Labour Party :-) #socialistreviews