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Originally Posted by garinda
Had a phone call today, from a friend who lives abroad, but who has close ties to the Labour party hierarchy.
Don't know how true it is, but they said they've realised that as they are, Labour are pretty much unelectable, and they're considering becoming the anti-E.U. party, in order to become more appealing to the masses.
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All parties go round in cycles and this is Labour's dip in form. After 13 years in government they ran out of energy and ideas. Unfortunately it will probably take another election defeat for them to become re-energised with fresh ideas to solve the country's problems. Luckily they have a few 'bright young things' coming through the ranks like Chuka Umunna and Rachel Reeves who can take on the mantle of the progressive left.
But becoming the anti-E.U. party would
make them unelectable. The UK needs to be at the heart of Europe. On our own we would be unable to compete against the economic blocs of Indo-China and the Americas.