The Labour Party. All discussion here please

[ENG601PM]

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As you've pointed out, I suppose the obvious difference between you and me is that I take the trouble to know a bit more. Quite a lot more by the look of it. Your opinion is worth what you've invested in forming it.

 

Now that Momentum have control of the NEC we'll see just what they are made of. It won't be pretty but it will keep Labour out of power for another ten years. I'm sad that there is no viable opposition to the sitting government.

[Obelix]

 

So you think that Labour increasing its membership from 200k to 500k is “ entryism”

 

I think thats exactly the definition of entryism to be honest.

 

Militant tried and failed. Momentum appear to have succeeded.

[Anna B]

As you've pointed out, I suppose the obvious difference between you and me is that I take the trouble to know a bit more. Quite a lot more by the look of it. Your opinion is worth what you've invested in forming it.

 

Now that Momentum have control of the NEC we'll see just what they are made of. It won't be pretty but it will keep Labour out of power for another ten years. I'm sad that there is no viable opposition to the sitting government.

 

You mean like Tony Blair's Labour?

 

He was just another branch of the Tory party, in other words no opposition at all.

[truman]

[/b]You mean like Tony Blair's Labour?

 

He was just another branch of the Tory party, in other words no opposition at all.

 

If people wanted a Labour party like the one that appears to be forming then why was Blair's so successful? Genuine question..

[Bonzo77]

I'm sad that there is no viable opposition to the sitting government.

 

.............In your opinion

[Anna B]

If people wanted a Labour party like the one that appears to be forming then why was Blair's so successful? Genuine question..

 

What other realistic choice was there? After years of Margaret Thatcher and the Tories....

 

The only reason Corbyn stood for leadership was to give people a real choice, and they've flocked to him in droves.

[hackey lad]

What other realistic choice was there? After years of Margaret Thatcher and the Tories....

 

The only reason Corbyn stood for leadership was to give people a real choice, and they've flocked to him in droves.

 

But not enough of them

[melthebell]

But not enough of them

a gain from the election before tho

[hackey lad]

a gain from the election before tho

 

And its got them where ? Oh yes in opposition , again . And against a weak government

[Anna B]

And its got them where ? Oh yes in opposition , again . And against a weak government

 

She wasn't considered a weak government at the time. Theresa May called a snap election, expecting to walk it because Jeremy Corbyn was so far behind her and still being treated as a joke in the media. To come forward the way he did from a standing start was a remarkable achievement. That's what subsequently made her a weak government.

 

Next time the election will be a much more considered affair. Jeremy is now considered far more mainstream, and is slowly getting his point across. Meanwhile Theresa May and the Tories have more and more to answer for. Chickens are coming home to roost. Their methods are ulltimately unsustainable in the post financial crash world and support only the top of the food chain. I think People are finally beginning to see that.