The canker that started to grow in the Labour Party since Blair tricked us into believing he was a ‘new broom’ when in fact he was a mercenary, warmongering spiv, has so devalued progressive British politics as to make it almost completely unrecognisable. Subsequently, one commentator has referred to Brown's Gollum-esque lust for power and submission to spin. Both faults have led to mistakes, deliberate deceptions, corruption, cheating and straightforward stupidity. The betrayal of Labour's founding fathers and principles (Hardie, Attlee, Foot -all totally honest men) has been so enormous, so grotesque, that it’s impossible to forgive. And how can we forgive and forget the war? Not just the sheer, repugnant scale of how wrong it was, but all the attendant lying, spinning and self-preservation that followed in its bloody wake. There can be no 'New New Labour'. We were fooled once with horrible consequences. I hope Clegg is able to revive and rebuild the left from a stronger Lib Dem position after 6th May. Goodbye New Labour and good riddance.
A change of leadership in the U.K may also convince the American Govt. to get out of Afghanistan, and Iraq.
ReplyDeleteIt would have been impossible for the neocons to proceed without Blair. Brown was writing the cheques for the Iraq debacle as they followed in the footsteps of the madman Bush. Nemesis awaits him on 6th. I will be counting down the hours. I have been knocking on doors here canvassing for the Lib Dems. Special relationship? Clegg would bin it. Cameron won't - he is Blair Mk II.
ReplyDeleteGood luck in your campaign.
ReplyDeleteThe world is watching, as a shift in power there would have a global effect.