I said it before and will say it again that the problem with the far left is that the display of utter disunity and constant in fighting is the most apparent and obvious characteristic that they are known for.
I am not a very 'satisfied customer' when it come to New Labour and its policies but when I briefly looked at what the alternative is and what is on offer I was amazed to encounter the 50 or so different groups that declare themselves to be on the far left and whilst the idea of mass rebellion appeals to me the fact that it will be mathematically impossible for any of the groups (and they are virtually tiny) to ever form a government I do not believe that they will ever be in a position to attract enough people to fill a caravan never mind wining anything or forming a government. So my original argument which is to stay within the Labour party and fight for reforms still stands and I will invite them all to seriously consider joining the Labour party (if they will have them which I think they should) and help bring in changes. They often confuse Peter Mandelson Laborites with real grass root Labour supporters who believe that the Labour party was created by the Trade Union movement for working people in this country. Keep the Tories out and get real!
It is not possible for socialists to organise in the Labour Party as they would get chucked out in the same way Militant were. This is why Labour is a dead end for working class politics and has been for decades.
ReplyDeleteLike it or not, the near entirety of the last 12 years of Labour government, has been the politics of Mandelson, not the politics of trade unions.
We need a working-class alternative to Labour, not futile atempts to try and take it back over. Get real.
The usual Laborite rubbish. The fact is there is a small wing in your branch that irritate you and you want to have a go at them? Why not just say so? I agree that 2 or 3 people with stupid ideas won't get very far or anywhere but why not publicly say who they are? I estimate that they are 0.5 of the membership. Not exactly a mass movement?
ReplyDeleteMickey Rat
The problem with the far left is that Unison officials are too lazy to do what the labour party did to them years ago. Get rid!
ReplyDeleteMo
Dear anon at 14.30
ReplyDeleteIt is possible.
Anon at 15.12
ReplyDeleteGrow up!
Mickey Rat
ReplyDeleteNo one irritates me in the branch we all love each other. I can't say who they are as I do not know what you mean?? Do you have an issue with life??