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Old 23-09-2010, 18:07   #79
JCB
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Re: Leader of The Labour Party

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Originally Posted by Mancie View Post
Maybe we are saying the same...I'd say the real socialism that created the NHS, national pensions, child benifit has gone when talking about winning a General election.. mainly because the tories have always opposed them ..and the right have total control of the media.... but I don't think the idea of socialism is dead.
Yes the idea of socialism is still around , but there's not the slightest evidence that the people of this country want it .

There was a degree of socialism in the Attlee led Labour government , but none in the Labour gvernments led by Wilson , Callaghan , Blair , and Brown .
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