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Thread #157929   Message #3731162
Posted By: akenaton
18-Aug-15 - 10:57 AM
Thread Name: BS: electing a new labour leader
Subject: RE: BS: electing a new labour leader
The debate here is about whether the election of Jeremy to leadership of the labour Party, is a good thing or a bad thing.
I think it would be good, as the Party would be forced to split, we could listen to the socialist view and the "liberal" view....we would have a debate that has been missing for thirty years.

Electing a "Blairite" party will prove nothing it will simply be a case of changing the labels. What does electability matter if the party membership disagrees with the policies?

The job of the Party is to reflect the views of its membership, it is then up to the country to accept or reject.

A Party which tailors its views simply to make itself electable is not worth voting for.