Tuesday, January 14

Tag: Jeremy Corbyn

Labour and UKIP both offer Tories trigger for pleasure

Labour and UKIP both offer Tories trigger for pleasure

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By BagehotIT IS a procedure of Labour's sorry state nowadays that losing simply one of 2 seats that it has actually held for years is dealt with as premises for relief in the celebration. In the by-elections held the other day, both set off by the resignation from politics of centrist MPs understood to anguish of the celebration's instructions under Jeremy Corbyn, Labour held Stoke Central on a minimized vote share (37%, below 39%) and lost Copeland to the Conservatives, whose vote share increased 8 indicate 44%. The Labour leader's previous opposition to nuclear power (the primary company in the Cumbria seat) and his celebration's baffled position on Brexit (the seat voted to leave the EU) were both consider the outcomes. » ...Find out more
Labour is no longer the celebration of the conventional working class

Labour is no longer the celebration of the conventional working class

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By BAGEHOTON JULY 3RD Jeremy Corbyn informed Unite, Britain's greatest trade union, that "Labour is back as the political voice of the working class". This would be good if it held true: the Labour Party wanted all established to represent the working class, and the working class has actually been badly damaged, over the last few years, by the casualisation of labour and the stagnancy of much of the economy. Sadly, it's rubbish. The Labour Party's relate to the working class have actually been deteriorating for the previous 30 years-- and continue to deteriorate under Mr Corbyn. The divorce in between the Labour Party and the employees has actually played out in 2 stages. The very first was under Tony Blair. Mr Blair saw the celebration's future as being the celebration of the expert middl...