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in what way is not (increasingly) left wing? with the exception of using the market as the engine for generating tax revenue, which is just a fact of life these days, labour have lavished money in the most hubristic fashion, taxed people till there eyes are popping out, implemented more and more authoritarianism - all classic core socialist things, plus brought in a raft of pc regulations in a nod to the 60s left.
they're as left wing a govt as would be tenable in a modern country.
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Ah well we'll have to agree to disagree. Many Old Labour types are far more critical of Blair and Brown & co than Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition would ever be.
I take your point on the idle frittering away of public money (though how that differs from any other Government in living memory is another thing) but their sabre rattling abroad and willingness to meddle in foreign affairs though is miles away from Labour's socialist roots which TonyB abandoned in the manner of a new Pilate when Clause 4 was airbrushed out of the brave new NuLab dawn. Brown's increasingly authoritarian behaviour for me has echoes of Thatcher when she was losing it towards the fag end of the 80s. Also jobs for the boys and the alleged levels of corruption (London) are a feature that were present in both Labour and Tory administrations.
I also take your point on the pc pish - they have pandered to this and it has cost a bloody fortune along with their other numerous promises and public commitments to all sorts of groups and they have now realised that the treasure chest is now empty.
Where I'm sure we do agree is that they're a busted flush, utterly finished.