http://socyberty.com/politics/what-does-labour-have-to-lose-from-a-left-turn/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:02:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://socyberty.com/politics/what-does-labour-have-to-lose-from-a-left-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-145293 John Pearce Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:43:06 +0000 http://socyberty.com/politics/what-does-labour-have-to-lose-from-a-left-turn/#comment-145293 I totally agree. I don't understand why New Labour, after obtaining power back in '97, didn't start to SLOWLY edge more traditional centre-leftist policies in and prove that they DO WORK. Us social democratic centre-leftists are in a really difficult situation at the moment; who on earth do we vote for? Better the devil you know than the devil you don't I say... Although a General Election defeat might just be what Labour needs as a catalyst for a move leftwards. I totally agree. I don’t understand why New Labour, after obtaining power back in ‘97, didn’t start to SLOWLY edge more traditional centre-leftist policies in and prove that they DO WORK. Us social democratic centre-leftists are in a really difficult situation at the moment; who on earth do we vote for? Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t I say… Although a General Election defeat might just be what Labour needs as a catalyst for a move leftwards.

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