Comments on: The struggle within New Labour http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/09/22/the-struggle-within-new-labour/ Left-wing news, opinion and activism Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Pickled Politics » Online Activism in the UK http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/09/22/the-struggle-within-new-labour/#comment-22175 Pickled Politics » Online Activism in the UK Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:00:30 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=1309#comment-22175 [...] Activism in the UK by Shariq on 7th October, 2008 at 8:00 am     Sunny has touched on the internal battle between the Progress (New Labour) and Compass (Progressive) [...] [...] Activism in the UK by Shariq on 7th October, 2008 at 8:00 am     Sunny has touched on the internal battle between the Progress (New Labour) and Compass (Progressive) [...]

]]> By: James Grieves http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/09/22/the-struggle-within-new-labour/#comment-21327 James Grieves Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:08:23 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=1309#comment-21327 <i>According to them, the Cameron Conservative modernisation project should not be taken seriously and an electoral strategy should be tightly disciplined, on message and focus on exposing the same ‘nasty old Tories’ in sheep’s clothing.</i> And so the wheel turns. As for Major, so for Brown. Incapable of keeping up with an innovation the party of power tries to pretend that nothing's changed before getting thrashed by the electorate for their error. According to them, the Cameron Conservative modernisation project should not be taken seriously and an electoral strategy should be tightly disciplined, on message and focus on exposing the same ‘nasty old Tories’ in sheep’s clothing.

And so the wheel turns. As for Major, so for Brown. Incapable of keeping up with an innovation the party of power tries to pretend that nothing’s changed before getting thrashed by the electorate for their error.

]]> By: Sunny Hundal http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/09/22/the-struggle-within-new-labour/#comment-21299 Sunny Hundal Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:49:29 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=1309#comment-21299 redpesto - exactly. redpesto – exactly.

]]> By: redpesto http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/09/22/the-struggle-within-new-labour/#comment-21297 redpesto Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:31:32 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=1309#comment-21297 <i>Brown has staked everything on the Progress position. There will be no grand new vision – only discipline and ‘the message’.</i> So Brown is in agreement with the very people who want to do him in favour of someone less Scottish/more telegenic like Miliband? I thought he was supposed to be learning from his mistakes, not reapplying them with renewed vigour? As for the progress position, it's horribly reminiscent of all those Thatcherites who thought 'one more heave' , 'blame the media' and 'reds under the bed' (aka 'more of the bleedin' same...with knobs on') were all between them and a fifth election victory. And that's even before we actually get to talk about, you know, policy an' stuff. Brown has staked everything on the Progress position. There will be no grand new vision – only discipline and ‘the message’.

So Brown is in agreement with the very people who want to do him in favour of someone less Scottish/more telegenic like Miliband? I thought he was supposed to be learning from his mistakes, not reapplying them with renewed vigour? As for the progress position, it’s horribly reminiscent of all those Thatcherites who thought ‘one more heave’ , ‘blame the media’ and ‘reds under the bed’ (aka ‘more of the bleedin’ same…with knobs on’) were all between them and a fifth election victory. And that’s even before we actually get to talk about, you know, policy an’ stuff.

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