"When neither the Democrats in the USA nor Labour in the UK are remotely left of centre - both being neoliberal, market fundamentalist to their core - of course, society did not reject the left. Instead, they despise those who pretend to be left-wing, sometimes using a cloak of identity politics to support that false claim."
- Richard Murphy is right on the money.
#LabourInNameOnly
#OptionalIdentityMark
#SingleTransferableParty
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/11/11/to-pretend-that-people-hate-left-wing-politics-when-neither-labour-or-the-democrats-can-be-described-as-such-is-absurd/
- Richard Murphy is right on the money.
#LabourInNameOnly
#OptionalIdentityMark
#SingleTransferableParty
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/11/11/to-pretend-that-people-hate-left-wing-politics-when-neither-labour-or-the-democrats-can-be-described-as-such-is-absurd/
To pretend that people hate left-wing politics when neither Labour or the Democrats can be described as such is absurd
I usually think John Harris is one of the better voices on the Guardian opinion pages. Yesterday, though, he had an article headlined in this way: I think the article is total nonsense.Funding the Future
