tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post3741541024187986504..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: Yvette Cooper on mistakes and lessons from Iraq ... in 2007Tom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-91277521861862009792010-10-10T11:30:47.395+01:002010-10-10T11:30:47.395+01:00The simple fact this labour opposition party looks...The simple fact this labour opposition party looks poor it looks weak, and it will do and say anything to get elected.<br /><br />sadly I'm not stupid enough to fall for it.<br /><br />Right now after 40 odd years in labour if an election came up right now I'd vote Tory.<br /><br />Nothing in Newer labour gives me a belief that we have anything different then the last thirteen years.<br /><br />Yes I know the min wage, set so low it's better to be on benefits.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186557603493331701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-38400665333587026842010-10-08T18:33:25.072+01:002010-10-08T18:33:25.072+01:00I think you can be a bit more "Ambitious"...I think you can be a bit more "Ambitious" than to reduce the "new politics" to negationism!<br /><br />Mrs Balls is apparently the most popular member of the PLP among its ranks.<br /><br />She is also certainly not in any way the flag bearer of any “new” politics, “new” generation or other such guff.<br /><br />She is a direct link back to the the Blair and Brown years, right there in the "new" the shadow cabinet.<br /><br />If the PLP want her so much, they had better be prepared to carry her baggage for her.<br /><br />You could always check her <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/yvette_cooper/normanton%2C_pontefract_and_castleford" rel="nofollow">voting record</a> to see what she’s really been thinking about the war in Iraq since 2003:<br /><br />1) Voted VERY STRONGLY for the Iraq War<br /><br />2) Voted VERY STRONGLY against an investigation into the Iraq war<br /><br /><b>Between 2007 and 2009, she turned up to vote six times out of six against the Iraq war inquiry.</b><br /><br />So she must have been pulling the Fabians’ legs in 2007, mustn't she?<br /><br />The sincerity with which she wanted to “learn the lessons” is blindingly evident.<br /><br />Red Ed would love to believe he can “draw a line under” the false pretences under which Labour enabled Iraq to be razed to the ground with the subsequent deaths of over 100,000 innocent civilians.<br /><br />Nobody will ever allow him to do so.13eastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162940753429246157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-75611432179292342622010-10-08T17:38:20.241+01:002010-10-08T17:38:20.241+01:00Sunder, a well written piece. I don't think th...Sunder, a well written piece. I don't think the Iraq war need be used as a political weapon anymore. If 'new politics' is to mean anything then we all need to give the new Labour leadership and team a fresh start and chance.Jane Chelliah https://www.blogger.com/profile/07504546435928917437noreply@blogger.com