tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post399489140921359161..comments2024-03-29T09:14:53.583+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Why Clacton Matters for LabourPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-24441754418768387042014-09-02T10:03:40.699+01:002014-09-02T10:03:40.699+01:00Er, I don't remember asking for Labour to pass...Er, I don't remember asking for Labour to pass a revolutionary purity test. I merely pointed out that Labour are going to continue with the Coalition's cuts/austerity. Which will hurt'our people' a lot. Completely unnecessarily. Not to mention lily-livered attitudes towards popular measures like rail nationalisation. They've surrendered to the ideology of neo-liberalism, hook, line and sinker. Yet still we get the lesser-evilism. <br />Can't we improve on that? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-11419746779066317562014-09-01T21:32:32.447+01:002014-09-01T21:32:32.447+01:00No bedroom tax, scrapping of health and social car...No bedroom tax, scrapping of health and social care act, more powers and new funding settlement for local government, rent controls, energy bill caps, lower tuition fees, more tax on high earners, lower starter rate of tax.<br /><br />The transitional programme? No. Miles better than any Blairite manifesto? Yes.<br /><br />The question you have to ask is not whether a policy platform passes a revolutionary purity test, but if it a) makes life easier for working people in general and b) increases their power vis a vis capital. The answer to both these is yes. Marginal improvements, but ones that will matter to a lot of our people.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-77100549653779813312014-09-01T20:45:08.220+01:002014-09-01T20:45:08.220+01:00What on earth do Labour have to offer disillusione...What on earth do Labour have to offer disillusioned former Labour voters? More austerity! Great.Dougnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-77453112351653943372014-08-31T21:51:35.905+01:002014-08-31T21:51:35.905+01:00Whistling as you walk past the graveyard me-thinks...Whistling as you walk past the graveyard me-thinks. Wake up many people don't want the EU telling us what vacuum cleaners we can or can't own!Docmartinnoreply@blogger.com