[Margaret Pilkington]

I don't think that it is entirely true....about the ideaology anyway. Since the advent of New Labour, the Labour party lost its Socialist roots and became more like the tory party.......there is no true Socialist party anymore...well, not in the terms that could win an election anyway.
You only have to look at the privileged backgrounds of the Labour MP's to check this out....how many of them have true 'working class' backgrounds? Not very many, and those who can be considered to have a bit of a working class background have all attended university. MP's are all wannabe toffs....that is why they can get away with telling us to pull in our belts, while they treat the taxpayer(you and me) as a bottomless pocket....and then look us in the face and lie about doing it.
Up the Revolution!