Nice to see 2 Conservative seats gone. Apparently Helen Hurford 'soon to be MP' was hiding from the media/public in a dance studio at Tiverton leisure centre all evening and upon hearing the result did a runner refusing to speak to anyone.As no-one has mentioned him on here massively impressed with the job Mick Lynch has been doing holding politicians/media/private profiteering to account in the last week. The desperation of some of the lines of questioning is laughable. There is an opportunity here for the shadow cabinet to seize upon public feeling, show their understanding/support for workers and make huge ground. Seems they are too scared or beholden by the media to do this. A spineless response from the leadership of the LABOUR Party. A party founded by what became the RMT Union to represent workers in parliament.
The principle is just as true in politics. It’s why our party was created by the trade unions. It’s why the Labour Party will always stand with the trade unions. And why we will always need the trade unions to stand with us.We have an obligation to unite and to work together. If we do, we can take on this right-wing government, win the next general election, and deliver the transformational change working people so desperately need.
That’s a funny picture but also not actually true. Lots of places in the Red Wall should have been Tory years ago, given their demographics. A residual attachment to the Labour Party may now have been broken but that’s understandable if a lot of Red Wall voters are socially conservative, home owning pensioners. The Conservative agenda of aggression to foreigners, no meaningful development and continuing high house prices does - to some extent - meet their needs. As for the unions, many hardcore trade unionists have disliked the Labour Party for years. Every Labour government has pissed them off! Labour is a coalition of interests that is broader than they are.
The RMT isn’t affiliated to the Labour Party. Surely standing together goes both ways?
Quote from: seankenny on June 24, 2022, 03:40:41 pmThe RMT isn’t affiliated to the Labour Party. Surely standing together goes both ways? RMT aren't affiliated to Labour Party because it wasn't working both ways. :
Labour Party was literally founded by a workers Union to ensure workers rights were represented in Parliament.
He’s also a Lexiter…
Quote from: seankenny on June 24, 2022, 02:46:28 pmHe’s also a Lexiter… I am aware of the existence / concept of "Lexit-ism" but never got to the bottom of why it was (I assume) "a thing" in the more leftier bits of the Labour movement.Anyone care to educate me as to why? I am assuming something about centrist technocrats.
There is another possible explanation. But I’m being polite, so I won’t say it.
OK.... So what did you mean then? That's how it came across to me, if that's not what you meant you could just explain what you did mean instead of taking it personally, it was meant as a discussion point rather than an accusation. I could have perhaps expanded on my post further to make that clearer.I don't know that much about Lexit tbh, I was abroad at the time and missed a lot of the referendum buildup. It doesn't make any sense to me, hence why I'm interested in these posts...