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Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. You make it sound like it was a massive majority for Brexit. -- *I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message ... In article , Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. You make it sound like it was a massive majority for Brexit. It may be at the next vote. Unless we vote for silly Jeremy who seems to think he'll spend billions on Trident but refuses to push the button. What a numpty. |
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On 24/04/17 12:08, bm wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message ... In article , Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. You make it sound like it was a massive majority for Brexit. It may be at the next vote. Unless we vote for silly Jeremy who seems to think he'll spend billions on Trident but refuses to push the button. What a numpty. I suspect what MAY well happen, is everyone votes tory for Brexit, and then May says 'Ive got my mandate' and waters it down to nothing. -- No Apple devices were knowingly used in the preparation of this post. |
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On 24/04/17 10:14, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher writes: On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. I see where you're coming from, but I tend to think of it slightly differently. Prior to Thatcher, there was a large working class in the UK. The 1980's saw phenominal growth and improvement in living standards, and enabled a large number of working class to move into the middle class, with the middle class outnumbering the working class by 1990. However, in spite of this, there wasn't a significant political party for the middle class. They ended up voting for whichever left or right party was nearer the centre, and they had become large enough to carry the swing vote. It wasn't until Labour realised this that they got back into power, and then served their longest term ever. Interesting idea... The lower middle class do suffer from a lot of the same problems as the old working class. Whilst heath and safety is massively improved, we still have people working on dodgy contracts doing excessive numbers of hours trying to make ends meet under virtually feudal levels of control by their employers. Another section of the middle class would be all the small business owners who are buried under red tape and an out of control tax system. No one is representing either. Labour ought to be representing the former and in principle, the tories were supposed to be supporting the latter. But neither seem to be much good at helping either group. |
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On 24/04/17 10:14, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , The Natural Philosopher writes: On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. I see where you're coming from, but I tend to think of it slightly differently. Prior to Thatcher, there was a large working class in the UK. The 1980's saw phenominal growth and improvement in living standards, and enabled a large number of working class to move into the middle class, with the middle class outnumbering the working class by 1990. However, in spite of this, there wasn't a significant political party for the middle class. They ended up voting for whichever left or right party was nearer the centre, and they had become large enough to carry the swing vote. It wasn't until Labour realised this that they got back into power, and then served their longest term ever. Interesting idea... The lower middle class do suffer from a lot of the same problems as the old working class. Whilst heath and safety is massively improved, we still have people working on dodgy contracts doing excessive numbers of hours trying to make ends meet under virtually feudal levels of control by their employers. Another section of the middle class would be all the small business owners who are buried under red tape and an out of control tax system. No one is representing either. Labour ought to be representing the former and in principle, the tories were supposed to be supporting the latter. But neither seem to be much good at helping either group. Whatever they may call themselves 99% of employees are working class. And so, effectively, are most of the nominally self-employed with no assets of their own. For many years both parties have represented big business, which pays them handsomely to do so. Whether socialism is in the interests of all sections of the working class will of course remain a matter of opinion in the absence of acceptable proof and example. But it hasn't been tried here in my lifetime. -- Roger Hayter |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message ... In article , Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. You make it sound like it was a massive majority for Brexit. It may be at the next vote. Unless we vote for silly Jeremy who seems to think he'll spend billions on Trident but refuses to push the button. What a numpty. Since the Americans have a highly effective veto over us using Trident, and an overwhelming superiority of weapons if they are in favour of us doing so it is hard to believe it makes a significant difference. -- Roger Hayter |
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I suspect what MAY well happen, is everyone votes tory for Brexit, and then May says 'Ive got my mandate' and waters it down to nothing. Strangely, I agree with you. Certainly, if Eastern European labour is no longer available, business will be allowed to import other people from somewhere. Corbyn's policy of making immigrants just as expensive as UK workers is the only one that could conceivably be effective in reducing the damage of immigration, were it possible to make it work. -- Roger Hayter |
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On 24/04/17 12:58, Roger Hayter wrote:
Tim Watts wrote: On 24/04/17 10:14, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , The Natural Philosopher writes: On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. I see where you're coming from, but I tend to think of it slightly differently. Prior to Thatcher, there was a large working class in the UK. The 1980's saw phenominal growth and improvement in living standards, and enabled a large number of working class to move into the middle class, with the middle class outnumbering the working class by 1990. However, in spite of this, there wasn't a significant political party for the middle class. They ended up voting for whichever left or right party was nearer the centre, and they had become large enough to carry the swing vote. It wasn't until Labour realised this that they got back into power, and then served their longest term ever. Interesting idea... The lower middle class do suffer from a lot of the same problems as the old working class. Whilst heath and safety is massively improved, we still have people working on dodgy contracts doing excessive numbers of hours trying to make ends meet under virtually feudal levels of control by their employers. Another section of the middle class would be all the small business owners who are buried under red tape and an out of control tax system. No one is representing either. Labour ought to be representing the former and in principle, the tories were supposed to be supporting the latter. That is where UKIP should position itself, but its lost its bottle and gone soft left. For the average person, to combat the excesses of centralised government and big business. But neither seem to be much good at helping either group. Whatever they may call themselves 99% of employees are working class. Well that's one way to define it. It used to be blue collar versus white collar of course. No blue collars left these days. Not in large company employment. And what are left vote Tory/BNP/UKIP whatever. Not Labour. And so, effectively, are most of the nominally self-employed with no assets of their own. For many years both parties have represented big business, which pays them handsomely to do so. Whether socialism is in the interests of all sections of the working class will of course remain a matter of opinion in the absence of acceptable proof and example. But it hasn't been tried here in my lifetime. Its been tried elsewhere and always failed dismally. And the more its bee attempted here the bigger the failure has been. So whatever the best solution is, it aint socialism., -- Canada is all right really, though not for the whole weekend. "Saki" |
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 02:58:49 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. You mean way left. -- 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney animated features in which both the parents are present and don't die throughout the movie. |
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Roger Hayter wrote: Whatever they may call themselves 99% of employees are working class. And so, effectively, are most of the nominally self-employed with no assets of their own. Well, quite. Middle class has little to do with income, but more education and type of job. Allowing a dustman or whatever to buy his council house does not turn him into middle class. Just possibly buys his vote for the Tory party. Exactly as intended. For many years both parties have represented big business, which pays them handsomely to do so. And don't forget currying favour with the meja. Whether socialism is in the interests of all sections of the working class will of course remain a matter of opinion in the absence of acceptable proof and example. But it hasn't been tried here in my lifetime. Most here seem to think calling a party etc socialist makes it one. -- *I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Roger Hayter wrote: It may be at the next vote. Unless we vote for silly Jeremy who seems to think he'll spend billions on Trident but refuses to push the button. What a numpty. Since the Americans have a highly effective veto over us using Trident, and an overwhelming superiority of weapons if they are in favour of us doing so it is hard to believe it makes a significant difference. Very odd that 'we' insist on having a nuclear deterrent, but think other countries like Iran, Pakistan, N Korea etc mustn't be allowed the same. -- *I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , Roger Hayter wrote: It may be at the next vote. Unless we vote for silly Jeremy who seems to think he'll spend billions on Trident but refuses to push the button. What a numpty. Since the Americans have a highly effective veto over us using Trident, and an overwhelming superiority of weapons if they are in favour of us doing so it is hard to believe it makes a significant difference. Very odd that 'we' insist on having a nuclear deterrent, but think other countries like Iran, Pakistan, N Korea etc mustn't be allowed the same. That's because "we" are responsible - unlike some other countries -- from KT24 in Surrey, England |
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charles wrote: In article , Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , Roger Hayter wrote: It may be at the next vote. Unless we vote for silly Jeremy who seems to think he'll spend billions on Trident but refuses to push the button. What a numpty. Since the Americans have a highly effective veto over us using Trident, and an overwhelming superiority of weapons if they are in favour of us doing so it is hard to believe it makes a significant difference. Very odd that 'we' insist on having a nuclear deterrent, but think other countries like Iran, Pakistan, N Korea etc mustn't be allowed the same. That's because "we" are responsible - unlike some other countries Like the US under Trump? Have you read his tweets? -- *When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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writes In article , The Natural Philosopher writes: On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. I see where you're coming from, but I tend to think of it slightly differently. Prior to Thatcher, there was a large working class in the UK. The 1980's saw phenominal growth and improvement in living standards, and enabled a large number of working class to move into the middle class, with the middle class outnumbering the working class by 1990. However, in spite of this, there wasn't a significant political party for the middle class. They ended up voting for whichever left or right party was nearer the centre, and they had become large enough to carry the swing vote. It wasn't until Labour realised this that they got back into power, and then served their longest term ever. For now, voting is pretty much all about Brexit, and might even remain so for one more general election after Brexit. Even if Labour moved back more towards centre, I don't think it will help them at the moment, although it may do after Brexit. You should also include the demise of the heavy industrial base of the unions, coal mining, steel making, car manufacturing etc. The only unions left with any power are in the public sector. -- bert |
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writes "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message ... In article , Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. You make it sound like it was a massive majority for Brexit. It may be at the next vote. Unless we vote for silly Jeremy who seems to think he'll spend billions on Trident but refuses to push the button. What a numpty. Whether he would push the button or not is not the issue. It's the fact that he tells everyone in the world that he won't. -- bert |
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writes The Natural Philosopher wrote: I suspect what MAY well happen, is everyone votes tory for Brexit, and then May says 'Ive got my mandate' and waters it down to nothing. Strangely, I agree with you. Certainly, if Eastern European labour is no longer available, business will be allowed to import other people from somewhere. Corbyn's policy of making immigrants just as expensive as UK workers is the only one that could conceivably be effective in reducing the damage of immigration, were it possible to make it work. Are you saying that immigrants can currently be paid less than the minimum wage? EU immigrants must already be treated the same as locals. -- bert |
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In article , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes In article , Roger Hayter wrote: It may be at the next vote. Unless we vote for silly Jeremy who seems to think he'll spend billions on Trident but refuses to push the button. What a numpty. Since the Americans have a highly effective veto over us using Trident, and an overwhelming superiority of weapons if they are in favour of us doing so it is hard to believe it makes a significant difference. Very odd that 'we' insist on having a nuclear deterrent, but think other countries like Iran, Pakistan, N Korea etc mustn't be allowed the same. Nothing odd about it at all if you are familiar with the development of nuclear arms over the last 60 years. Are you in favour of North Korea having it's own nuclear weapons. -- bert |
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:27:56 +0100, bert wrote:
In article , Andrew Gabriel writes In article , The Natural Philosopher writes: On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. I see where you're coming from, but I tend to think of it slightly differently. Prior to Thatcher, there was a large working class in the UK. The 1980's saw phenominal growth and improvement in living standards, and enabled a large number of working class to move into the middle class, with the middle class outnumbering the working class by 1990. However, in spite of this, there wasn't a significant political party for the middle class. They ended up voting for whichever left or right party was nearer the centre, and they had become large enough to carry the swing vote. It wasn't until Labour realised this that they got back into power, and then served their longest term ever. For now, voting is pretty much all about Brexit, and might even remain so for one more general election after Brexit. Even if Labour moved back more towards centre, I don't think it will help them at the moment, although it may do after Brexit. You should also include the demise of the heavy industrial base of the unions, coal mining, steel making, car manufacturing etc. The only unions left with any power are in the public sector. Unions do nobody any good, ever. -- Peter is listening to The Who - Behind Blue Eyes |
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"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message news On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 02:58:49 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. You mean way left. Nope, **** all of the working class is into the sort of Trotskyite **** that Corbyn and co are. That's why so many of them kept putting Maggie in. |
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"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message news On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:27:56 +0100, bert wrote: In article , Andrew Gabriel writes In article , The Natural Philosopher writes: On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. I see where you're coming from, but I tend to think of it slightly differently. Prior to Thatcher, there was a large working class in the UK. The 1980's saw phenominal growth and improvement in living standards, and enabled a large number of working class to move into the middle class, with the middle class outnumbering the working class by 1990. However, in spite of this, there wasn't a significant political party for the middle class. They ended up voting for whichever left or right party was nearer the centre, and they had become large enough to carry the swing vote. It wasn't until Labour realised this that they got back into power, and then served their longest term ever. For now, voting is pretty much all about Brexit, and might even remain so for one more general election after Brexit. Even if Labour moved back more towards centre, I don't think it will help them at the moment, although it may do after Brexit. You should also include the demise of the heavy industrial base of the unions, coal mining, steel making, car manufacturing etc. The only unions left with any power are in the public sector. Unions do nobody any good, ever. They do arseholes like Scargill a lot of good. |
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On 24/04/17 12:18, Tim Watts wrote:
On 24/04/17 10:14, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , The Natural Philosopher writes: On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. I see where you're coming from, but I tend to think of it slightly differently. Prior to Thatcher, there was a large working class in the UK. The 1980's saw phenominal growth and improvement in living standards, and enabled a large number of working class to move into the middle class, with the middle class outnumbering the working class by 1990. However, in spite of this, there wasn't a significant political party for the middle class. They ended up voting for whichever left or right party was nearer the centre, and they had become large enough to carry the swing vote. It wasn't until Labour realised this that they got back into power, and then served their longest term ever. Interesting idea... The lower middle class do suffer from a lot of the same problems as the old working class. Whilst heath and safety is massively improved, we still have people working on dodgy contracts doing excessive numbers of hours trying to make ends meet under virtually feudal levels of control by their employers. Another section of the middle class would be all the small business owners who are buried under red tape and an out of control tax system. No one is representing either. Labour ought to be representing the former and in principle, the tories were supposed to be supporting the latter. But neither seem to be much good at helping either group. There will always be a place for a conservative party, that is one for people who reckon, all things considered, that they will be best served by things remaining much as they are. Affluence and the decline of large labour intensive industries has taken away much of the old labour vote, but replaced it with a new labour vote in the public sector. The public sector and all its encumbrances is now so large that it also represents a vote for things the way they are. There is no libertarian party, no small-business and mind your own business party, just two maintain the unsustainable status quo parties. -- djc (–€Ì¿Ä¹Ì¯–€Ì¿ Ì¿) No low-hanging fruit, just a lot of small berries up a tall tree. |
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In article , Roger Hayter writes The Natural Philosopher wrote: I suspect what MAY well happen, is everyone votes tory for Brexit, and then May says 'Ive got my mandate' and waters it down to nothing. Strangely, I agree with you. Certainly, if Eastern European labour is no longer available, business will be allowed to import other people from somewhere. Corbyn's policy of making immigrants just as expensive as UK workers is the only one that could conceivably be effective in reducing the damage of immigration, were it possible to make it work. Are you saying that immigrants can currently be paid less than the minimum wage? EU immigrants must already be treated the same as locals. But there is very considerable evidence that they often aren't. -- Roger Hayter |
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In article . com, bm writes snip It may be at the next vote. Unless we vote for silly Jeremy who seems to think he'll spend billions on Trident but refuses to push the button. What a numpty. Whether he would push the button or not is not the issue. It's the fact that he tells everyone in the world that he won't. But any enemy has to consider whether he might be bluffing; or overthrown by a military coup. -- Roger Hayter |
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bert wrote: Are you saying that immigrants can currently be paid less than the minimum wage? EU immigrants must already be treated the same as locals. But there is very considerable evidence that they often aren't. There is evidence that illegal immigrants are unfairly treated but not much for EU immigrants being so treated. Guess what brexit won't stop? |
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"dennis@home" wrote in message web.com... On 24/04/2017 22:21, Roger Hayter wrote: bert wrote: Are you saying that immigrants can currently be paid less than the minimum wage? EU immigrants must already be treated the same as locals. But there is very considerable evidence that they often aren't. There is evidence that illegal immigrants are unfairly treated Yes, there is always the leaver that if you dont do what we require, the cops will be told about you. but not much for EU immigrants being so treated. Bull****. When you have come all that way and your employment prospects arent great because your english leaves a lot to be desired, thats the leaver that works for them. Guess what brexit won't stop? It will certainly stop the dregs of the EU showing up because they decide their prospects are better in Britain, particularly the ones that arent prepared to engage in illegal activity. |
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"DJC" wrote in message news On 24/04/17 12:18, Tim Watts wrote: On 24/04/17 10:14, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , The Natural Philosopher writes: On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. I see where you're coming from, but I tend to think of it slightly differently. Prior to Thatcher, there was a large working class in the UK. The 1980's saw phenominal growth and improvement in living standards, and enabled a large number of working class to move into the middle class, with the middle class outnumbering the working class by 1990. However, in spite of this, there wasn't a significant political party for the middle class. They ended up voting for whichever left or right party was nearer the centre, and they had become large enough to carry the swing vote. It wasn't until Labour realised this that they got back into power, and then served their longest term ever. Interesting idea... The lower middle class do suffer from a lot of the same problems as the old working class. Whilst heath and safety is massively improved, we still have people working on dodgy contracts doing excessive numbers of hours trying to make ends meet under virtually feudal levels of control by their employers. Another section of the middle class would be all the small business owners who are buried under red tape and an out of control tax system. No one is representing either. Labour ought to be representing the former and in principle, the tories were supposed to be supporting the latter. But neither seem to be much good at helping either group. There will always be a place for a conservative party, that is one for people who reckon, all things considered, that they will be best served by things remaining much as they are. Yes, but in practice there arent enough of those to form govt anymore. Affluence and the decline of large labour intensive industries has taken away much of the old labour vote, but replaced it with a new labour vote in the public sector. The public sector and all its encumbrances is now so large Thats overstated, the public sector isnt really all that large. that it also represents a vote for things the way they are. Not really. There is no libertarian party, no small-business and mind your own business party, just two maintain the unsustainable status quo parties. There are a lot more than just two partys and neither of them is unsustainable. |
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On 24/04/2017 22:21, Roger Hayter wrote: bert wrote: Are you saying that immigrants can currently be paid less than the minimum wage? EU immigrants must already be treated the same as locals. But there is very considerable evidence that they often aren't. There is evidence that illegal immigrants are unfairly treated but not much for EU immigrants being so treated. http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...y-illegal-gang master-east-anglia-valujevs-mezals "... A succession of workers from eastern Europe described a precarious existence in the fens. ... They described a system of erratic employment in which their hours were never certain and might only be confirmed the evening before in a text from one of the two men. .... Work was withheld, the prosecution said, until tenants became indebted to the pair; that debt was used as a means of controlling them. The victims suffered threats and intimidation. Mezals sometimes collected the workers pay himself or had it paid into his personal bank accounts, or in other cases waited for workers in his minibus to take rent and purported debts from them as soon as they were paid. Witnesses said deductions were sometimes made arbitrarily, so that they often ended up with only £20 for a full weeks work. -- Jack |
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On 24/04/2017 22:21, Roger Hayter wrote: bert wrote: Are you saying that immigrants can currently be paid less than the minimum wage? EU immigrants must already be treated the same as locals. But there is very considerable evidence that they often aren't. There is evidence that illegal immigrants are unfairly treated but not much for EU immigrants being so treated. Guess what brexit won't stop? The plague? Still in denial Denise. By the way, your economic argument doesn't work as it also applies to being a slave, which doesn't do much for most people. |
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writes bert wrote: In article , Roger Hayter writes The Natural Philosopher wrote: I suspect what MAY well happen, is everyone votes tory for Brexit, and then May says 'Ive got my mandate' and waters it down to nothing. Strangely, I agree with you. Certainly, if Eastern European labour is no longer available, business will be allowed to import other people from somewhere. Corbyn's policy of making immigrants just as expensive as UK workers is the only one that could conceivably be effective in reducing the damage of immigration, were it possible to make it work. Are you saying that immigrants can currently be paid less than the minimum wage? EU immigrants must already be treated the same as locals. But there is very considerable evidence that they often aren't. Citation? And how will Corbyn propose to change that? Probably by destroying all the jobs that create the demand in the first place. -- bert |
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In article , Handsome Jack
writes posted On 24/04/2017 22:21, Roger Hayter wrote: bert wrote: Are you saying that immigrants can currently be paid less than the minimum wage? EU immigrants must already be treated the same as locals. But there is very considerable evidence that they often aren't. There is evidence that illegal immigrants are unfairly treated but not much for EU immigrants being so treated. http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...y-illegal-gang master-east-anglia-valujevs-mezals "... A succession of workers from eastern Europe described a precarious existence in the fens. ... They described a system of erratic employment in which their hours were never certain and might only be confirmed the evening before in a text from one of the two men. .... Work was withheld, the prosecution said, until tenants became indebted to the pair; that debt was used as a means of controlling them. The victims suffered threats and intimidation. Mezals sometimes collected the workers pay himself or had it paid into his personal bank accounts, or in other cases waited for workers in his minibus to take rent and purported debts from them as soon as they were paid. Witnesses said deductions were sometimes made arbitrarily, so that they often ended up with only £20 for a full weeks work. 2014 - and the existing legal system dealt with it. -- bert |
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writes bert wrote: In article . com, bm writes snip It may be at the next vote. Unless we vote for silly Jeremy who seems to think he'll spend billions on Trident but refuses to push the button. What a numpty. Whether he would push the button or not is not the issue. It's the fact that he tells everyone in the world that he won't. But any enemy has to consider whether he might be bluffing; or overthrown by a military coup. Then he should keep his mouth shut and keep the enemy guessing, but fearing he just might. -- bert |
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 19:55:42 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:
"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message news On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 02:58:49 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. You mean way left. Nope, **** all of the working class is into the sort of Trotskyite **** that Corbyn and co are. That's why so many of them kept putting Maggie in. Every working class person I know does not vote Tory (right wing). They want handouts. -- What does a married man say after sex? Don't tell my wife. |
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"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message news On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 19:55:42 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message news On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 02:58:49 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. You mean way left. Nope, **** all of the working class is into the sort of Trotskyite **** that Corbyn and co are. That's why so many of them kept putting Maggie in. Every working class person I know does not vote Tory (right wing). Then you need to get out more. They want handouts. Corse you never ever do that yourself, eh ? |
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On Mon, 01 May 2017 21:59:46 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:
"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message news On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 19:55:42 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message news On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 02:58:49 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. You mean way left. Nope, **** all of the working class is into the sort of Trotskyite **** that Corbyn and co are. That's why so many of them kept putting Maggie in. Every working class person I know does not vote Tory (right wing). Then you need to get out more. Why would a poor person not want handouts? They want handouts. Corse you never ever do that yourself, eh ? I take whatever's available, I'm a scrounger at heart. -- You have reached the CPX-2000 Voice Blackmail System. Your voice patterns are now being digitally encoded and stored for later use. Once this is done, our computers will be able to use the sound of YOUR voice for literally thousands of illegal and immoral purposes. There is no charge for this initial consultation. However our staff of professional extortionists will contact you in the near future to further explain the benefits of our service, and to arrange for your schedule of payment. Remember to speak clearly at the sound of the tone. Thank you. |
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:06:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:
"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message news On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:27:56 +0100, bert wrote: In article , Andrew Gabriel writes In article , The Natural Philosopher writes: On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. I see where you're coming from, but I tend to think of it slightly differently. Prior to Thatcher, there was a large working class in the UK. The 1980's saw phenominal growth and improvement in living standards, and enabled a large number of working class to move into the middle class, with the middle class outnumbering the working class by 1990. However, in spite of this, there wasn't a significant political party for the middle class. They ended up voting for whichever left or right party was nearer the centre, and they had become large enough to carry the swing vote. It wasn't until Labour realised this that they got back into power, and then served their longest term ever. For now, voting is pretty much all about Brexit, and might even remain so for one more general election after Brexit. Even if Labour moved back more towards centre, I don't think it will help them at the moment, although it may do after Brexit. You should also include the demise of the heavy industrial base of the unions, coal mining, steel making, car manufacturing etc. The only unions left with any power are in the public sector. Unions do nobody any good, ever. They do arseholes like Scargill a lot of good. That's not what I meant. -- Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs. |
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"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message news On Mon, 01 May 2017 21:59:46 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message news On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 19:55:42 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message news On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 02:58:49 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. You mean way left. Nope, **** all of the working class is into the sort of Trotskyite **** that Corbyn and co are. That's why so many of them kept putting Maggie in. Every working class person I know does not vote Tory (right wing). Then you need to get out more. Why would a poor person not want handouts? Even the Torys do handouts. And working class people arent necessarily poor people anyway. Adam certainly isnt. They want handouts. Corse you never ever do that yourself, eh ? I take whatever's available, I'm a scrounger at heart. And yet you don't vote Labour. |
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"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message news On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:06:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message news On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:27:56 +0100, bert wrote: In article , Andrew Gabriel writes In article , The Natural Philosopher writes: On 23/04/17 21:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Bod writes: From what I've read and heard, most Labour voters ARE like sheep. I hear it all of the time "I vote labour because all my family have always voted for Labour". I think there's been a lot of truth in that, but a lot of people who had always voted Labour for decades have abandoned the party in last couple of years for two different reasons, Brexit, and the party's recent move towards the far left (popular with Labour members, but less so with the bulk of voters they need to attract). Both Conservative and Labour voters were split on Brexit - it wasn't a hard left/right issue. Now the Conservatives have come out heavily for Brexit, they've pulled in lots of Labour Brexiters, and I think they'll pull in all 5M UKIP voters (UKIP will be dead in 8 weeks). Conservatives will lose some Remainers to Lib/Dems, but that will be small compared with their gains from Labour and UKIP. I think the most significant thing historically will be the number of traditional left wing voters who've moved well to the right just to ensure Brexit goes through. They'll probably move back a few years after Brexit, but for now, they regard Brexit as more important than left/right politics. Labour hasn't been a party of the working class - the white working class for two decades or more. Not since Thatcher really. Its the party of the nouveau rich middle class, you know 'me grandad were a milkman but I am a sound engineer at the beeb, and own me own house' sort. Working class are way right of Labour. I see where you're coming from, but I tend to think of it slightly differently. Prior to Thatcher, there was a large working class in the UK. The 1980's saw phenominal growth and improvement in living standards, and enabled a large number of working class to move into the middle class, with the middle class outnumbering the working class by 1990. However, in spite of this, there wasn't a significant political party for the middle class. They ended up voting for whichever left or right party was nearer the centre, and they had become large enough to carry the swing vote. It wasn't until Labour realised this that they got back into power, and then served their longest term ever. For now, voting is pretty much all about Brexit, and might even remain so for one more general election after Brexit. Even if Labour moved back more towards centre, I don't think it will help them at the moment, although it may do after Brexit. You should also include the demise of the heavy industrial base of the unions, coal mining, steel making, car manufacturing etc. The only unions left with any power are in the public sector. Unions do nobody any good, ever. They do arseholes like Scargill a lot of good. That's not what I meant. You did say nobody. |
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