Project destroy hope - Keir is the tool to finish the job.
Posted by johnlilburne on June 27, 2022, 5:00 pm
As I walked around Wakefield on Friday morning, I saw something in the eyes of those I spoke to that has been missing for too long: hope....
....I know why those I spoke to in Wakefield feel such a renewed optimism. It’s because Labour is back. That means hope is back, too.
Methinks he's bullshitting. Hope's not back. It's New Labour MK2.
Since the horror of the last general election, we have rolled up our sleeves and focused on listening to the public and changing our party. We’ve rooted out the poison of antisemitism, shown unshakeable support for Nato, forged a new relationship with business, shed unworkable or unaffordable policies and created an election machine capable of taking on the Conservatives
Last election result partly due to ambiguity around Brexit (seen as betrayal by many) - pushed by Starmer.
Rooting out antisemitism - used as excuse to purge left, including left-wing Jews. Losing 200,000 members is somehow a triumph.
NATO - the aggressive 'alliance' responsible for a lot of the mayhem of the last two decades, eastward expansion of which posed existential threat to Russia, leading to present Ukraine crisis.
Relationship with business - is donor money coming in to replace lost subs?
It is because of that work that Labour is now closer to power than it has been in more than a decade
2017? despite sabotage by much of PLP, staffers and faux left media.
Labour is now firmly in the centre ground of British politics. That’s not a place of mushy compromise or a halfway house between unpalatable extremes, but a centre ground driven by ethical purpose
'Centre ground' - i.e. establishment friendly. Ethical purpose? Meaningless but loved by Guardianistas.
Mentions business and working with private sector.
No mention of support for working people and their unions. Or protecting NHS. Or renationalisation of utilities etc.
...Asked what would happen to the Labour MPs who did join picket lines to show their support for the RMT rail strike, Lammy said that Alan Campbell, the shadow chief whip, would be speaking to them “and making it very clear that a serious party of government does not join picket lines”.
Some frontbenchers and parliamentary aides were among those picketing, even though they had been explicitly ordered to stay away by Starmer’s office.
Lammy said Labour was the party of working people, but that did not mean it should automatically side with workers against employers in a dispute. Although rail workers had legitimate grievances, he suggested, there were also “working people who use the trains to get to work”.
As I find myself being blamed in this thread once more for Corbyn's loss in 2019, though I supported him, voted for him and worked for a year on Land for the Many with him, it seems I must point out, yet again, that such falsehoods tear us apart.
It dismays me to say it, as someone who has invested so much hope in the current Labour Party, but I think @shattenstone is right: Jeremy Corbyn's 2013 comments about "Zionists" were antisemitic and unacceptable. theguardian.com I still don't believe Corbyn is antisemitic – but his 'irony' comments unquestionably were | Simon... There’s no reasonable defence of the Labour leader’s remarks about Zionists lacking English irony, says the Guardian features writer Simon Hattenstone
Instead of trying to spin these comments, I believe it is now imperative that Labour admits they were unjustifiable, and makes it crystal clear that no such sentiments should ever be aired by party members (or anyone), let alone the party leader.
As the Chakrabarti report pointed out, and as I see on Twitter frequently, "Zionists" is used as a code word for Jews. If you're going to use it, you have to make it *crystal clear* that this is not what you mean.
That addendum was the Alex Nunns thread that actually looked at what Corbyn had said re: Zionists (particular ones in the audience) and discovered that the put-down depended on assuming that they would have a better sense of irony, having lived in the UK, than the Palestinian ambassador they were haranguing. In other words THE ACTUAL explanation of Corbyn's remarks, not simply 'another', as the simplest journalistic investigation would have revealed. Discussed here: https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/msg/archive/1535720398.htmlTell your story; Ask a question; Interpret generously http://storybythethroat.wordpress.com/tell-ask-listen/
on June 27, 2022, 5:00 pm