tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post2282019550881172991..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: So are they too Tory - or not nearly Tory enough?Tom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-88710681998199243162010-03-01T07:51:49.826+00:002010-03-01T07:51:49.826+00:00I think it's time for new labour to walk away ...I think it's time for new labour to walk away and form it's own party, a party they can set up and make it's own, they can have parachutes to dump people all over the place offering people seats for money shit they tried that.<br /><br />It's time for New labour to offer the founder a chairmanship, Maggie would love it.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186557603493331701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-35092318512290201142010-02-28T21:54:16.317+00:002010-02-28T21:54:16.317+00:00If indeed the Tories become more right-wing, if th...If indeed the Tories become more right-wing, if that's what being 'more Tory' means, it's not necessarily a good thing for Labour. You only have to look at how the right in the US is blocking health reform, despite Obama's mandate. Polarisation makes the opposition smaller, but more ideological - they're not part of the process.<br />http://wp.me/pGD3H-2xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-51625014603520564592010-02-28T11:50:51.920+00:002010-02-28T11:50:51.920+00:00Alex,
I think the point that John Rentoul is maki...Alex,<br /><br />I think the point that John Rentoul is making is that the voters prefer Labour's instincts on public services and this is why the debate about how to reduce the deficit is very much open; I was trying to say it has more to do with the parties' substantive positions than the positioning/tactics debate which can tend to dominate analysis.Sunder Katwalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671411534003530927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-49423895561222832392010-02-28T11:18:00.908+00:002010-02-28T11:18:00.908+00:00'Too Tory...' 'Not Tory enough...'...'Too Tory...' 'Not Tory enough...' Well, I think it's the former, too, but I notice that not even the Fabian Society advances the third possibility: 'People are warming to Labour instead'. No, the third option's not even *remotely* credible, is it? Hence Labour's campaign message: 'We're s**t, and we know we are, but, oooh! The Tories! Scary!'Alex Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03364653159038708678noreply@blogger.com