The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #92250 Message #1767266
Posted By: Paul Burke
23-Jun-06 - 03:57 AM
Thread Name: BS: Mark Oaten
Subject: RE: BS: Mark Oaten
Here's a quick one for you Les: is there any point at which you WOULD decide the Labour Party has gone too far right?
For me, it was the dropping of Clause 4 back. That's when I let my membership die. Since then it's moved steadily rightwards. Where was it when you joined? I voted Labour at every election from 1971 to 2000. Though in 2000 I only voted for the local council candidate, not for the party nationally. In 2004 I couldn't even stomach voting for the local guy, even though he's excellent apart from the party tag, and I can't imagine ever voting Labour again.