When is the Parliamentary Labour Party going to act?

Good question Grimmer, just when are the Parliamentary Labour Party going to act to stop the relentless march of the Labour Party to electoral oblivion in 2010?

So where did Gordon get it wrong?
1. Ensuring there was no contest for the leadership
2. Ensuring there was no-one in the cabinet from the left-of-centre
3. Inviting Tories like Digby Jones and Quentin Davies into his "big tent" and excluding the left-of-centre
4. Not facilitiating withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan
5. Abolishing voting at Labour Party Conference
6. Dog-whistle politics on immigration and border controls
7. Macho posturing on 42 days, nuclear power, civil liberties
8. Further triangulation to the right and more Blairism
9. Public sector pay
10. 10p tax fiasco

Right on Susan.

Categories: Politics
Permalink27th June 2008 14:21:07, 114 words, 167 views3 comments »

3 comments

Comment from: Pwalsh [Visitor]
probably wouldn't have made that much of a difference had Brown done all the things you suggest.Elections are won on the state of the economy and consumer confidence- not whether 'there is someone left of centre in the cabinet' .Most voters couldn't give a fig who is in the cabinet, nor are they particularly exercised about dog whistle politics, 42 day detention or any number of issues that matter inside the Westminster village but not in the real world.You really believe if Brown lurched to the left his poll ratings would improve significantly despite the economy stalling? No wonder we spent 18 years in opposition...
27th June 2008 @ 14:39
Comment from: susan press [Visitor] · http://grimmerupnorth.blogspot.com
None of the above points is "lurching to the left." We are not exactly talking nationalising the commanding heights of the economy are we? The reality is all the above would have been mainstream Labour policy before New Labour got its horrible hands on the Party. Unless labour once again is a broad church, with policies which appeal to the heartlands and the hubdreds of thousands of ex-members and core voters who no longer regard us as any different than the Tories, then we WILL carry on sleepwalking to electoral disaster. But when is the PLP going to listen...
27th June 2008 @ 18:18
Comment from: Bill Byrd [Visitor]
Paul, No wonder we spent 18 years in the wilderness. When we had Tory clones running and bullshiting every one. We have shrunk back into our shell, and some drifted away. Why because noboady can sell this Tory crap. Our supporters are turning to anyone or staying at home,yes the economy is a large factor,Brown and Co. are blaming everything under the sun, oil, the credit crunch, poor harvests, China, and so on. The very people they have been sucking up to are to blame.Is anyone advocating staying with the present policies?it won't be 18 years in the wilderness, but forever, a radical change is required and bold leadership to get back our confidence, then we can start winning our supporters back.
30th June 2008 @ 16:36

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