Quote Originally Posted by millmoormagic View Post
Seems to me there's some confusion for folk between the old blairite labour party and the current one. I get that during the Blair years politics got cynical, with a plethora of spin doctors for every party, spinning all kinds of ****e, leading to folk switching off and the feeling of 'they're all the same
Along comes Corbyn who has radically changed that mindset, has got a refreshing and progressive policy portfolio, which is designed to help all in society, especially the poorest, ie the working class. All the folks talking about the Labour parry going away from it's roots couldn't be more wrong. As i've previously stated, it's closer to its roots and soul right now than it ever was under Blair, fact.
I agree Mmagic. Think Corbyn has tried to get the party back to an old fashioned lefty/ working class representative party which it drifted away from under Blair. It sold its soul under Blair with his right wing anti working class policies. What the OP forgets is that the Labour Party was founded on the Unions which is what Corbyn is trying to get it back to. You might not like the sound of this Millerbill but the present set up is the first Labour party to try to get back to its roots for years and I say hurray for that. Lets have some real socialist policies now for a feckin change. We haven't had any since before Thatcher.