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Women on the left are responsible for austerity

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CarrotyO · 17/09/2018 21:59

I've heard it said that women on the left actually support and are therefore in some way responsible for austerity. This is because both Labour and the Tories support austerity. Therefore any woman who supports Labour, or the Left in general, also knowingly and consciously supports austerity and are therefore also responsible for the 1000s of deaths of disabled people caused by austerity. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

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CarrotyO · 17/09/2018 22:18

Those are Labour MPs. My question was quite specifically about women who are on the left and who support Labour. Do you think they consciously support Austerity and are therefore also in some way responsible for the deaths of disabled people due to welfare cuts?

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deepwatersolo · 17/09/2018 22:10

Does not voting against the Tories' welfare cuts count? Or was it just the responsible thing to do?

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/these-are-the-184-labour-mps-who-didn-t-vote-against-the-tories-welfare-bill-10404831.html

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CarrotyO · 17/09/2018 22:07

If you tell people they have a choice, but those choices must fall between very narrow perameters then of course most people will choose what they see as the lesser of two evils

Yes very important point. There are also a lot of good things which have come out of political organising on the left, such as the equal pay act, anti discrimination legislation, pro-abortion legislation etc etc. So I can see why women would look to organise there?

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BlackForestCake · 17/09/2018 22:06

Well, David Cameron and the press worked very hard to create a seeming consensus across the parties that austerity was necessary. It was only the Corbyn shift that partially broke that consensus.

But the Left is not in power, the Right is in power, it is committed to austerity and implementing it. Why blame the Left?

But even then, why single out women to blame?

AwdBovril · 17/09/2018 22:04

Women are responsible for all that's gone wrong with the world. Obviously.

NobodyToVoteForNow · 17/09/2018 22:04

I think the way the debate has been framed in the media for the past 8 years is the most important thing. If you tell people they have a choice, but those choices must fall between very narrow perameters then of course most people will choose what they see as the lesser of two evils. Its not their fault - they're dealing with their own lives not running the country or a political party of their own.

VickyEadie · 17/09/2018 22:01

Pile of shite. Next question.