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Labour is going to be more radical than you think it is | Ian Dunt (iandunt.substack.com)

submitted 1 year ago by hellothere@sh.itjust.works to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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Petrified fucking terror. That's the first thing you think when you look at Labour. A barely-concealed, buttoned-up, can't-sleep-at-night anxiety, lurking just behind the eyes. They're scared they'll fluff it. They're scared that in the white heat of the election campaign, the Tories will find some policy in their manifesto to weaponise against them and the whole thing will come crashing down.

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[–] hellothere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

The post I replied to tries to blame everything on bad lefties.

No, my post is saying that everyone on the left - including the centre left - who fails to get elected are bad lefties. That is literally the sole purpose of a political party.

The ultimate aim of the Labour Party is to change the economic system of the UK to a socialist one. This is the case even with clause 4 being removed. But that can't be done it you don't get elected. And to get elected you need to be as left wing as you can, but still get 50%+1 seats. That is the hard bit we have routinely failed at doing since 2010, with leaders from all wings.