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Strange Famous · 05-02-2008, 11:25 AM

I realise most people here post about US Politics, but from the UK....

I have flirted with the Socialist Workers party, but never voted for them because it seemed a wasted vote and most of the times I went to meetings most of people there struck me as self obsessed and totally out of touch with the world.

I joined the Labour party when I was 18, unfortunately around the time it abandoned its commitment to genuine socialism.

The last few years have been bad from my point of view, but B Liar was the focus of all the negative attention, the disasterous war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the cash for honours, the murder of an innocent Brazilian electrician by armed thugs from the MET, 30 days detention...

But nothing hit me in the gut like the 10% tax debacle. I do not know anyone, whatever their political position, that could support funding a tax cut for middle income earners by increasing the tax burden of the poorest and most vulnerable people in society.

I work in an office... Im a supervisor and the tax cut was pretty neutral to me, for my bosses it means they take home more money... for the girls in the admin office, the mail room staff, the cleaners - they pay MORE tax now.

It is wrong wrong wrong - this from a socialist prime minister, a "conviction politician" - Gordon Brown has not only failed the country, he has not only shown himself as weak, indecisive, and clumsy: he has portrayed the very people that form the basis of Labour.

I would never vote for the Conservative Party as a matter of principle. I certainly will not vote for the present Labour Party... not until there is a REAL reckoning, not until they REALLY see that what they have done is wrong and rebase the moral position that the party is founded upon.

In the local elections on Thursday I voted Green, and will do so in the General Election. I dont even care if the Tories win my town's seat - Labour are not just getting it wrong, they are cutting themselves off from the people who ARE the Labour party, and they should all be thrown out.

05-02-2008, 11:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
Strange Famous follower of the child's crusade?	For the first time in my life I didnt vote Labour I realise most people here post about US Politics, but from the UK.... I have flirted with the Socialist Workers party, but never voted for them because it seemed a wasted vote and most of the times I went to meetings most of people there struck me as self obsessed and totally out of touch with the world. I joined the Labour party when I was 18, unfortunately around the time it abandoned its commitment to genuine socialism. The last few years have been bad from my point of view, but B Liar was the focus of all the negative attention, the disasterous war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the cash for honours, the murder of an innocent Brazilian electrician by armed thugs from the MET, 30 days detention... But nothing hit me in the gut like the 10% tax debacle. I do not know anyone, whatever their political position, that could support funding a tax cut for middle income earners by increasing the tax burden of the poorest and most vulnerable people in society. I work in an office... Im a supervisor and the tax cut was pretty neutral to me, for my bosses it means they take home more money... for the girls in the admin office, the mail room staff, the cleaners - they pay MORE tax now. It is wrong wrong wrong - this from a socialist prime minister, a "conviction politician" - Gordon Brown has not only failed the country, he has not only shown himself as weak, indecisive, and clumsy: he has portrayed the very people that form the basis of Labour. I would never vote for the Conservative Party as a matter of principle. I certainly will not vote for the present Labour Party... not until there is a REAL reckoning, not until they REALLY see that what they have done is wrong and rebase the moral position that the party is founded upon. In the local elections on Thursday I voted Green, and will do so in the General Election. I dont even care if the Tories win my town's seat - Labour are not just getting it wrong, they are cutting themselves off from the people who ARE the Labour party, and they should all be thrown out. __________________ "Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate, for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain without being uncovered." The Gospel of Thomas