Would This Be Welcomed By The Left?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26832994
When Red Ed and and co lose the next election will the unions launch a New version of Labour, New New Labour as it where and will the traditional Labour voter revert to the new hard left party? Could we see the emergence of a new socialist Labour party?

[Milvus]

Good point TTT, especially as Labour suddenly seem to be agreeing to Coalition proposals

[joggerjayne]

"Welcomed" by the trots?

They never welcome anything. They just like to whinge.

[ToraToraTora]

Well Len McCluskey, is clearly, not all that confident of a Labour win.

[ludwig]

// Could we see the emergence of a new socialist Labour party? //

I thought this was tried a while ago, in Blair's day or perhaps even Kinnock. No-one was interested. It sank without a trace.

[youngmafbog]

The left make a load of noise but like the far right in this country there are simply not enough people who agree. It would be a failure so wont happen.

[Gromit]

Keep taking the tablets tora.

[ludwig]

This is what I was thinking of. Formed in 1996. It still exists apparently.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Labour_Party_(UK)

[ToraToraTora]

It won't be me needing the tablets after the next election Gromit!

[anotheoldgit]

It will be called the Communist Party.

[naomi24]

Crikey! Has Mikey seen this?

Labour is dying - its ideology is stuck in the past.

[andrew1707]

There was a new party formed last year that is growing in popularity called Left Unity. They seem to be having some success in bring different left wing groups together.
Why do people on the right always need to call him "Red Ed" and the movement as "Trots" and various other devil names. Do you think people on AB are so stupid that they will be taken in by your playground tactics.

These people are not evil monsters; they are trying to make our country a fair place for ALL and not a fiefdom for the rich.

A

[naomi24]

A fair place for all. Really? Well according to Mr Miliband a few weeks back, if he ever becomes Prime Minister he's going to champion the middle classes and govern like Mrs Thatcher. Are you sure you know what you're voting for?

[wolf63]

What we need is another Maggie. Alas I may be in a minority group in thinking that.

She is the only PM in my lifetime to have any balls.

Whatever colour Ed is he comes across as shifty, creepy and characterless.

[andrew1707]

I didn't say I was going to vote for him. He just doesn't deserve to be demonised.

I think that Milliband does want to make the UK a fairer place... he just needs to become a little bit more radical. This is exactly what many on the left have been telling him for months. Len Mckluskey has just been a little less subtle about it.

[wolf63]

It's McCluskey.

[naomi24]

Andrew, when you say 'fairer' what do you mean? What do you actually want?

[youngmafbog]

Take from the rich and middle classes and give it to the workshy probably.

[youngmafbog]

//"There's a lot that's going to happen between now and September, and that's a challenge for Ed Miliband to demonstrate that he is on the side of ordinary working people."//

A quote from our Len. I wonder who he sees as ordinary working people. Quite a few of his members are paid pretty well !!

[andrew1707]

I want people who do a day's work to be paid a decent rate of pay for it.

I want an end to a culture that demonises the unemployed and poor whilst letting the rich pay much less tax than they are due.

I don't want to see a return to 95% super tax -that wasn't fair either.

There appear to be many in our country who don't see that this government are polarising society - just winners and losers, and don't get caught on the wrong side of that line (yes, I know, it's a Springsteen lyric). We are in the middle of economic chaos but I have never seen so many Audis and BMW on the road before, nor so many £1 shops.

Soon the NHS will all be private and our schools will be all but sold off to private enterprise...just joining the other national institutions sold off.

a

[andrew1707]

-->YMB
There are probably many in Unite that are well paid...but still have a social conscience. You don't have to work down a coal mine to be a worker.

--> Susan
Thanks for the spelling lesson. I knew it was wrong when I typed it but I was on a roll....