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I think describing Starmer's Labour as centre-left is a bit of a stretch. They want to crack down on immigration and suspended seven MPs who voted in favour of
by smcl 2y ago
I think describing Starmer's Labour as centre-left is a bit of a stretch. They want to crack down on immigration and suspended seven MPs who voted in favour of a pretty minor amendment to scrap the 2-child benefit cap (that overwhelmingly failed ... because the rest of Labour voted against it). They've also got Wes Streeting as Secretary of State for Health and he seems very keen privatisation of the NHS - in fact the party themselves love PFI.
They were once the party of workers and a strong voice for the UK left, but that time has long passed.
- michaelt 2y agoI would say they are to the left of the previous government, because they don't want to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda. And they're substantially to the left of what American readers would consider the centre, because American politics is crazy. I agree that they're nowhere near as far to the left as they were in the 1970s - and nowhere near as left-wing as they were under previous party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
- panick21_ 2y ago> because they don't want to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda That was such a batshit insane plan. Like any government that comes up with shit like that has just seriously lost the plot.
- smcl 2y agoWhat's wild is that how persistent they were with it. Like it wasn't just an idea or a policy someone threw out there once. They pushed it through, fought for it in court and stuck with it for years. Utterly insane.