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[NilSatisOptimum]

They even set that up to nobble it. In Scotland they thought they'd established an electoral system (a form of Proportional Representation) that would never lead to a majority rule for the Nationalists.

Don't know much about Scotland and its politics apart from there should be no debate to be had about self determination.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

By not curbing the growth of inequality, as all previous Labour administrations had done after 1945, 1964, 1966 and 1974, New Labour left office with a majority of the British people, some 90%, having to get by on around 60% of the national income. Contrast that with the rise to 67.7% when the 1945 government left office or, the 71.1% and then 71.2% that Wilson’s governments had left the 90% with, or the 71.6% that the ‘bottom 90%’ received when Labour had last left office in 1979. Without exception, all previous Labour administrations had left Britain a more equal place than when they had taken power. New Labour left it more divided.

New Labour, Inequality and the 1% • The Progressive Economy Forum

In the runup to the publication of the new, third edition of his book 'Inequality and the 1%', Danny Dorling writes for the PEF blog on New Labour and the recent history of inequality in the UK.

progressiveeconomyforum.com

I share your sentiment, however, there has to be some recognition of what was done for the good. and there was some.

 

[davek]

I share your sentiment, however, there has to be some recognition of what was done for the good. and there was some.

Sure Start and the Good Friday Agreement.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

It depends what proportion you give your attention to.

The Blairites were the creatures of corporate Britain and their media moguls.

Is that the place you want the LP of 2020 to be in?

Might be worth reading and reflecting upon this piece, Dave.

If you can look past your prejudice you may find some truth.

sod it

If I were an MP, I’d be in the ‘making it work’ faction, being silent but face-palming almost constantly at The Labour Party. Though, as a Twitter friend pointed out yesterday mid…

jadeazim.wordpress.com

 

[davek]

Might be worth reading and reflecting upon this piece, Dave.

If you can look past your prejudice you may find some truth.

sod it

If I were an MP, I’d be in the ‘making it work’ faction, being silent but face-palming almost constantly at The Labour Party. Though, as a Twitter friend pointed out yesterday mid…

jadeazim.wordpress.com

A blog by a 21 year old student?

No thanks. I lived through it. I know what went on. I dont need some molly-coddled half-wit to explain it to me.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

I dont need some molly-coddled half-wit to explain it to me.

lol

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

A blog by a 21 year old student?

No thanks. I lived through it. I know what went on. I dont need some molly-coddled half-wit to explain it to me.

How about your younger self?

Equal pay for women, equal pay for women, equal pay…

Why apart from equal pay for women are you marching today, Dave?

Err, I, just because I’m err, I just, just because, I’m, I’m a watch-a-call-it, you know, err, a comrade, and basically, err equal pay for women…Tories Out! Tories Out!

Extended version

So you want the Tories out, Dave?

Err, I just, you know, err, want my comrades to force the fundamental ideas of Bolshevism and proletarian revolutionary internationalism upon the unwilling masses…

But what about a traditional, moderate Labour winning the next GE and ridding the country of the Tory’s?

Err, Labour Out! Labour Out!

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Err...Labour Out! Labour Out!

Labour governments’ achievements​

Between 1997 and 2010 Labour was continuously in government. Here are Labour’s top 50 achievements during those years.

1. Longest period of sustained low inflation since the 60s.
2. Low mortgage rates.
3. Introduced the National Minimum Wage and raised it to £5.52.
4. Over 14,000 more police in England and Wales.
5. Cut overall crime by 32 per cent.
6. Record levels of literacy and numeracy in schools.
7. Young people achieving some of the best ever results at 14, 16, and 18.
8. Funding for every pupil in England has doubled.
9. Employment is at its highest level ever.
10. Written off up to 100 per cent of debt owed by poorest countries.
11. 85,000 more nurses.
12. 32,000 more doctors.
13. Brought back matrons to hospital wards.
14. Devolved power to the Scottish Parliament.
15. Devolved power to the Welsh Assembly.
16. Dads now get paternity leave of 2 weeks for the first time.
17. NHS Direct offering free convenient patient advice.
18. Gift aid was worth £828 million to charities last year.
19. Restored city-wide government to London.
20. Record number of students in higher education.
21. Child benefit up 26 per cent since 1997.
22. Delivered 2,200 Sure Start Children’s Centres.
23. Introduced the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
24. £200 winter fuel payment to pensioners & up to £300 for over-80s.
25. On course to exceed our Kyoto target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
26. Restored devolved government to Northern Ireland.
27. Over 36,000 more teachers in England and 274,000 more support staff and teaching assistants.
28. All full time workers now have a right to 24 days paid holiday.
29. A million pensioners lifted out of poverty.
30. 600,000 children lifted out of relative poverty.
31. Introduced child tax credit giving more money to parents.
32. Scrapped Section 28 and introduced Civil Partnerships.
33. Brought over 1 million social homes up to standard.
34. Inpatient waiting lists down by over half a million since 1997.
35. Banned fox hunting.
36. Cleanest rivers, beaches, drinking water and air since before the industrial revolution.
37. Free TV licences for over-75s.
38. Banned fur farming and the testing of cosmetics on animals.
39. Free breast cancer screening for all women aged between 50-70.
40. Free off peak local bus travel for over-60s.
41. New Deal – helped over 1.8 million people into work.
42. Over 3 million child trust funds have been started.
43. Free eye test for over 60s.
44. More than doubled the number of apprenticeships.
45. Free entry to national museums and galleries.
46. Overseas aid budget more than doubled.
47. Heart disease deaths down by 150,000 and cancer deaths down by 50,000.
48. Cut long-term youth unemployment by 75 per cent.
49. Free nursery places for every three and four-year-olds.
50. Free fruit for most four to six-year-olds at school.

Labour governments’ achievements - Shrewsbury Labour

Between 1997 and 2010 Labour was continuously in government. Here are Labour’s top 50 achievements during those years. Longest period of sustained low inflation since the 60s. Low mortgage rates. Introduced the National Minimum Wage and raised it to £5.52. Over 14,000 more police in England and...

www.shrewsburylabour.org.uk

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Dave posts on the internet forum GOT

Silly student Jade writes for Durham's paper The Palatinate, The Globalist, and the Fabian Society's Aspirations on issues spanning from domestic to international, with a keen eye on the Middle East. She volunteers for the Labour Party and aspires to campaign and shape policy at the grassroots in the future.

Dave lives in an echo chamber.

 

[Billy Dean]

Thought this might be of interest to some in here

World’s first universal jobs guarantee experiment starts in Austria | University of Oxford

The world’s first universal jobs guarantee experiment, designed by Oxford University economists and run by the Austrian Public Employment Service, has just begun in the Austrian town of Marienthal.

www.ox.ac.uk

Interesting that doing that is exactly cheaper for the state than keeping them on unemployment benefits and that even before considering the revenue that jobs would bring in

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Who are people voting for in the next General then?

Starmer?
Johnson?
Greens?
Fib Dems?

 

[zzr45]

Dave posts on the internet forum GOT

Silly student Jade writes for Durham's paper The Palatinate, The Globalist, and the Fabian Society's Aspirations on issues spanning from domestic to international, with a keen eye on the Middle East. She volunteers for the Labour Party and aspires to campaign and shape policy at the grassroots in the future.

Dave lives in an echo chamber.

Dave calling anyone a molly coddled halfwit is like a pot calling a kettle black.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Dave calling anyone a molly coddled halfwit is like a pot calling a kettle black.

Aye, life in the echo chamber clearly results in zero self-awareness and even less objectivity.

 

[catcherintherye]

I dont measure my life against anyone. I get why stat freaks and lobby groups will lump all sorts into one mass or another to make their point, but after 7 months of covid, 7 months of not being able to work, and being in the welfare system, I have never been more financially stable.

If my neighbour over the road has more money, (he probably has) I couldnt care less. His wife is still orange and looks silly.

The issue is though, if everyone else has more money, it pushes prices up, so you have less by standing still.

 

[roydo]

The issue is though, if everyone else has more money, it pushes prices up, so you have less by standing still.

Dont follow. If everyone has more money, then I do. So wont be standing still.
Unless I am the only person in the country who doesnt get more money.