Left
or Right?
A
simple question – a simple answer? Following a disastrous election campaign which actually saw Labour making net losses overall, party grandees are
wondering what next – left or right?
Ed
Miliband was criticised for being too left wing? Yes, you read that correctly –
too left wing! On the 13.1.2015 Labour under the leadership of Miliband voted for
£30bn of Tory cuts. They also voted for the Welfare Cap which according to save
the children “risks a further 345,000
children being pushed into poverty over the next four years.”
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| UKIP - erm, Labour offical merchandise! |
Do
we need to mention Labour’s immigration mug? Yes, that mug. And I have
mentioned it so here’s a picture! Enjoy.
At
a time of such poverty it’s sad, and indeed tragic that not only
did Labour support Tory cuts and the Tory Welfare Cap they also support wasting
£100bn on weapons of death such as Trident. I cordially invite any Labour MP in
favour of Trident to attend a food-bank with me and explain why they support
spending on death and not hope.
Despite
these policies – Miliband was viewed as being left-wing. As a person who
opposes Trident as a disgraceful waste of money, the Welfare Cap immoral and
austerity on the grounds that its a con – I dread to think where I (along with
many) would be placed!
Labour
has given up on the left, it’s abandoned the working-class voters of Wales in
order to flirt shamlessly with the middle-class voters of England. They agree
with the Tories on so many issues – the question surely is, what’s the point of
Labour? Regardless of left or right.
Very right but who will fill this vacuum? Plaid Cymru has a toe in the water but no more.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Plaid have to keep going. Selling the vision of fairness for Wales - especially economically. Anyone who followed the campaign in Llanelli will be well aware where I placed the campaign locally. I think Plaid have more than a toe in the water, but if I follow you argument then I suggest we need to be fully immersed in the water.
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