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Originally Posted by garinda
...and you find being a member of New Labour satisfys this belief?
It's as near to socialism as the North Pole is to the South.
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I don't consider myself all that well informed about "New Labour"; but it does seem as if it was a necessary mutation. That is, if one accepts the argument that the working class that existed when I was young (imagine a Bush tv, with a black and white 12" screen, and the whole thing bigger than my Cadillac, and you will get an idea of how long ago that it
) is no longer there. Perhaps there is an argument that this "progress" was necessary; or that Thatcher deliberately set out to destroy the working class. But in the absence of a true socialist party, where do people who believe in the right of the little guy to have a fair share of the wealth go?
Apart from the fact that they are not given to kissing American ass, our Liberal Party seems a lot like new Labour. It is a party which sits in the centre, but which also favours programs which benefit "average" Canadians. Canadian voters got real po'd at the Libs over a few scandals, but not enough to trust the tories with a majority government.
Still think, tho' it's none of my business, that a Conservative minority would be a good result for Britain in a General Election ... as long as the BNP don't hold the balance of power, which I think is unlikely this time.