tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post2694084859859856676..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: Labour needs an anti-masochism strategy, says David MilibandTom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-55163235588454370492010-08-15T03:12:15.034+01:002010-08-15T03:12:15.034+01:00Actually, there's an element of denial in this...Actually, there's an element of denial in this whole approach. It's not limited to David, but he writes most eloquently on the topic...<br /><br />The denial is of socio-economic reality. All of this talk about "what kind of capitalism we want" is absurd. We don't decide that - capitalists do. That is why we are a democratic socialist party, FFS! All of the things that make life better for ordinary people disrupt profit-maximisation - child labour laws, environmental protections, employment rights.<br /><br />When David says that "there has not been enough capitalism" in his constituency, for example, it's because the capitalists can more profitably operate elsewhere in the world thanks to the wonders of deregulated finance - a model of capitalism that Labour did not and could not choose or challenge without running the risk of destabilisation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443724356434212172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-65588110905468126992010-08-14T20:34:02.621+01:002010-08-14T20:34:02.621+01:00I think David has been the most effective contende...I think David has been the most effective contender in terms of outlining a radical vision of a new political economy for Labour. And it's not easy to characterise it as "Blairite".<br /><br />http://duncanseconomicblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/labours-economic-policy-debate-kalecki-clinton-dalton-and-david-miliband/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-25927673458866210092010-08-14T16:14:59.456+01:002010-08-14T16:14:59.456+01:00It's great to hear a left wing politician that...It's great to hear a left wing politician that doesn't pretend cuts aren't necessary. I'm fed up of the lack of credible opposition to the government. DM certainly has gone up in my estimations!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08150775146088575029noreply@blogger.com