Quote Originally Posted by TheBlackHorse View Post
... oh dear Ochpie ... time you did some homework. Herr Sturmer died in the wool commie control freak. Plays by the rule book, his rule book. Our beloved Chancellor never done a proper job in her life, just slimed her way into the BOE from uni.
I tend to do homework by reading, not imagining things... Starmer has a paternalistic streak (or an autocratic streak if you prefer), as many across the political spectrum do, but that's hardly communist. Does he want to nationalise the means of production? No. He's a capitalist-with-controls social democrat.

She worked with the structural economic analysis division at BOE before moving to HBOS. Not sure what you mean by "proper job", but if you are saying nobody who works for a retail bank has one, quite a few of my friends will take offence.

And wow, organisation has graduate scheme. How crazy. As someone who also joined a graduate scheme (not at BoE) I really don't know what you are on about.

Quote Originally Posted by SinceSept1959 View Post
Centre Left ? Really ?
As John McEnroe famously said " you cannot be serious ."
Completely serious. It's a struggle even to call him a socialist. He's miles away from being a communist.