tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post2601823348968251772..comments2023-10-07T12:15:50.446+01:00Comments on The Centre Left: The return of the far-left: a turning point for LabourRob Marchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11534810369839848312noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-91133728621419367662012-04-05T15:27:21.421+01:002012-04-05T15:27:21.421+01:00Rob no-one is to the left of Ciaran;) Yes my odium...Rob no-one is to the left of Ciaran;) Yes my odium for La Berger springs from the fact that most candidates were not Euan Blair's ex mainsqueeze - Damien, I intend to have a massive party when Maggie shuffles off the mortal coil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-57089817464343501762012-04-05T15:00:47.491+01:002012-04-05T15:00:47.491+01:00@Ciaran, fair point (except Luciana Berger, whom y...@Ciaran, fair point (except Luciana Berger, whom you seem to have it in for). And Labour IS of the left. But not everyone's left is the same...<br /><br />@Damien: Maybe. But the threat from infiltration through unions is, I think, more pressing.Rob Marchanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534810369839848312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-11126691319494707272012-04-05T13:07:48.689+01:002012-04-05T13:07:48.689+01:00Furthermore isn't the example of Wirral Labour...Furthermore isn't the example of Wirral Labour candidate for councillor Janette Williamson's remarks on twitter labelling the shadow cabinet "right wing",dreaming about Margaret Thatcher's death,defending the infamous Millitant tendancy as upholding Socialist values and being a Marxist and wanting to reintroduce Marxism back into the party, mean that this is a wake up call that Labour have to take the threat of Far Left infiltration very seriously?Damienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424550853436211546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-20190422214669656662012-04-05T12:45:59.005+01:002012-04-05T12:45:59.005+01:00Poor Labour candidates did not help (bradree, or K...Poor Labour candidates did not help (bradree, or Kashmiri style politics in electing certain folks from certain tribes, usually tenth raters like Luciana Berger, parachuted in), this combined as you said with hard times = far left or right. Not sure that GG is far left, merely an opportunist. Labour is certainly NOT of the left and has NOT been since 1997, arguable earlier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com