You know of course that if Arden was in UK politics Corbyn supporters would have spent the last few years denouncing as a Blairite neoliberal traitor?Broadly speaking I thought it would be really nice if the country went a bit further left and took a Jacinda Arden slightly soppy focus on things like being nice
They tried a repeat of the SDP thing with Change UK recently. It went predictably badly.hmm didn't know about that. but i'd propose it the other way around. have the left-wing side of labour leave the party.
You have a reputation to uphold, after all!I suddenly realised I'd slipped into being reasonable and it would harm my image
It would certainly be better for the Conservatives and their voters. Others, not so much, I think.is there a realistic option of labour splitting into two fractions? wouldn't this be best for everybody? all they offer you is a false dilemma.
That was the other way round though. They were centrists and a mixture of Labour, Tory and Lib Dem MPs.They tried a repeat of the SDP thing with Change UK recently. It went predictably badly.
Wankers of the World, Unite!There won’t be a split but lots of people will leave. Then there will be a probably awful “left unity” party set up and all the usual wankers will jostle themselves into leadership positions and there will be lots of noise but it will be bollocks and many of them will then call for a vote for Labour “without illusions” at the next election.
see for example The Socialist Alliance in the early noughties.
I mean what are people supposed to do Dan?he wasn't left enough for the left and they put massive amount of energy into undermining him and cunting him off. Quelle surprise.
Wankers of the World, Unite!
We're sick of meanies and we are not going to reward meanies any more
There was that awful rendition of Imagine at the Tory party conference in the 80s. Hard to explain.