tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post8274109092127923053..comments2024-03-29T09:14:53.583+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Browned OffPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-82084238241425844752009-10-01T17:46:25.987+01:002009-10-01T17:46:25.987+01:00I would also point out that many of the demands of...I would also point out that many of the demands of the communist manifesto have been met!<br /><br />Electing a far left political party is one thing, transforming ownership of the means of production quite another.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-41894841466472924682009-09-30T23:10:35.984+01:002009-09-30T23:10:35.984+01:00Unless we're lucky enough to be in a constitue...Unless we're lucky enough to be in a constituency with a decent left-of-Labour challenge, then you're right, we're stuck with a choice between the Devil (Labour) and the Beast (Cameron's Conservatives).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-45226480983496554072009-09-30T20:49:04.663+01:002009-09-30T20:49:04.663+01:00But,
Phil what is odd is that this Party has alre...But,<br /><br />Phil what is odd is that this Party has already undertaken even under Blair many policies that the Left were crying out for during the 1970's and 80's. The Militant used to have as part of its mantra of demands - The Minimum Wage and Nationalisation of the Banks and Finance Houses. Duirng all those previous Labour adminsitrations that the Militant was prepared to live with along with the rest of us in entrist organisations there was not trhe slightest chance of Wilson, Foot, or Callaghan doing any of those things.<br /><br />Blair did the first, and Brown has done the second. During the 1970's labour Governments ravaged Public Spending and imposed Pay policies on workers with the active assistance of the TU leaders. Again Blair and Brown have massively increased Public Spending, tripling spending on the NHS. Despite the calls for cuts in the Public sector, employment in the Public Sector has risen by 1 million under Labour.<br /><br />True, Labour has not scrapped all the anti-union laws. But it was wilson's government that first proposed introducing such laws! True, Labour has cold shouldereed the union leaders, but given the way the beer and sandwiches in the past was used to impose pay controls on workers and so on perhaps that is no bad thing. True, they have rubbed shouldes in Public with the rich, but its naive to believe that Labour in the past did not rub shoulders with the rich in the past in private.<br /><br />Brue Blair invaded Iraq. But attlee crippled the economy by insisting on a UK nuclear deterrent, and supported the US in invading Korea! It oversaw the slavery of the British Empire, and past Labour leaderships and Governments did even worse.Boffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157650969929097569noreply@blogger.com