The End Of The Labour Party?

[poliphilo]

I know what the Tories are for. They exist to serve the powers that be (which these days means the bankers and the corporations) and keep the little people in their place. But Labour?

The Labour party was created as the political arm of an industrial working class that no longer exists. Tony Blair and his gang "modernised" it- and made it indistinguishable in thought, word and deed from the Conservative Party. They kept it going on spin and charisma and by the end of their three terms had stripped it of all credibility as a party of the left. Ed Miliband tinkered and fiddled-but to little effect- and now it's nothing but a heap of rusting, clapped out machinery- and there has to be a real question- after the battering it took in this last election- whether it can be made to go again. Because- except as a vehicle for political ambitions- what on earth is the point of it?

Comments

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

For me, the point is that it's the only party that fights for social justice. It aims to unite all classes to make life better for the poor and poorest, and to fight discrimination. And that's why I'm a proud member.

[matrixmann]

Reminds you of the way the SPD has gone here...
Well, there once was a reason why in the early times the communists seperated from the social democrats. They understood you can't make pro-small-man politics with the system. The social democrats thought you could (and that it's better because who wants to live in upheaval).

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Just sigh :o(

The betrayal of my socialist principles by the privileged political classes over the last couple of decades has been a bitter pill to swallow.