Labour shadow ministers now use "lefty" as a term of abuse.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/08/middle-class-lefties-wont-stop-labour-using-private-sector-to-cut-nhs-backlog-wes-streeting-says
How can they make it any more clear what they do and don't stand for? Can you imagine the Tories fulminating about how they won't be lectured to be "middle class Conservatives", or Farage slagging off "working class Brexiteers"?
This post is not about "Labour good / Tories bad" OR the opposite. Just clarity about what "Labour" actually is.
Whatever it is . . . . . .
AIBU?
To conclude Starmer's Labour is no longer in any way "left"?
windowframer · 13/04/2024 09:25
‘Middle-class lefties’ won’t stop Labour using private sector to cut NHS backlog, Streeting says
Shadow health secretary says quicker treatment to stop working class families being left behind is more important than ideology
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/08/middle-class-lefties-wont-stop-labour-using-private-sector-to-cut-nhs-backlog-wes-streeting-says
Am I being unreasonable?
105 votes. Final results.
POLLGreywhippet · 13/04/2024 09:36
Starmer’s Labour is horrible. No hope, mean spirited, empty.
BIossomtoes · 13/04/2024 09:59
That’s a perfect description of the Tories.
Greywhippet · 13/04/2024 09:36
Starmer’s Labour is horrible. No hope, mean spirited, empty.
Keeprejoining · 13/04/2024 10:02
How is someone like Starmer who thinks women can have a penis be described as sane and middle of the road. He has no respect for women and has been forced by the CASS report to pay weak lip service to safeguarding
Misthios · 13/04/2024 10:01
They tried the old-school "hard left" Labour under Corbyn and that went well, didn't it?
The world has moved on, nobody is interested in huge levels of state control, nationalised industries and all the rest of the old labour ideas.
sleepyscientist · 13/04/2024 10:05
This we need a true middle of the road party that rewards hard work and stays out of tabloid politics. We are already in massive debt as a country why would anyone vote for a party who wants to expand the welfare state whilst adding billions to that debt burden our kids will inherit.
Misthios · 13/04/2024 10:01
They tried the old-school "hard left" Labour under Corbyn and that went well, didn't it?
The world has moved on, nobody is interested in huge levels of state control, nationalised industries and all the rest of the old labour ideas.
Misthios · 13/04/2024 10:01
They tried the old-school "hard left" Labour under Corbyn and that went well, didn't it?
The world has moved on, nobody is interested in huge levels of state control, nationalised industries and all the rest of the old labour ideas.
BIossomtoes · 13/04/2024 09:59
That’s a perfect description of the Tories.
Greywhippet · 13/04/2024 09:36
Starmer’s Labour is horrible. No hope, mean spirited, empty.
sleepyscientist · 13/04/2024 10:05
This we need a true middle of the road party that rewards hard work and stays out of tabloid politics. We are already in massive debt as a country why would anyone vote for a party who wants to expand the welfare state whilst adding billions to that debt burden our kids will inherit.
Misthios · 13/04/2024 10:01
They tried the old-school "hard left" Labour under Corbyn and that went well, didn't it?
The world has moved on, nobody is interested in huge levels of state control, nationalised industries and all the rest of the old labour ideas.
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Greywhippet · 13/04/2024 09:36
Starmer’s Labour is horrible. No hope, mean spirited, empty.
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