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Author:  bobbdobbs [ Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:13 am ]
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clicky

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Ed Miliband has set Labour on a path towards "destruction" and "certain election defeat", the head of the UK's biggest union has warned the party.


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Mr McCluskey rejected the argument that pay restraint would help create jobs and he criticised Labour for its failure to consult with trade unions before making the "shift" in policy.

It seems hes upset that the labour party are not doing what he wants. Next will come the threats of "having to reconsider the funding we give the labour party"

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At a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party on Monday night, Mr Miliband again defended his stance on public sector pay and said other shadow cabinet ministers would also have to take tough decisions to deliver public services with less money.
He also told his MPs he had "the stomach for the fight".

Its not his stomach but his back he needs to worry about.

Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:25 am ]
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bobbdobbs wrote:
clicky

Quote:
Ed Miliband has set Labour on a path towards "destruction" and "certain election defeat", the head of the UK's biggest union has warned the party.


Quote:
Mr McCluskey rejected the argument that pay restraint would help create jobs and he criticised Labour for its failure to consult with trade unions before making the "shift" in policy.

It seems hes upset that the labour party are not doing what he wants. Next will come the threats of "having to reconsider the funding we give the labour party"

Quote:
At a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party on Monday night, Mr Miliband again defended his stance on public sector pay and said other shadow cabinet ministers would also have to take tough decisions to deliver public services with less money.
He also told his MPs he had "the stomach for the fight".

Its not his stomach but his back he needs to worry about.


Well, we’ve seen the end of Labour as anything that purports to support the working people of the country. They’ve lurched further to the right under Miliband, and can easily have the terms “class traitors” applied now.

So, at the next General Election, which flavour of Conservatism do you want?

Author:  dogbert10 [ Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:40 am ]
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Since when do the political parties in this country represent the working people of this country? Like anyone in a position of power, they're only looking out for themselves.

Author:  Spreadie [ Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:43 am ]
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paulzolo wrote:
So, at the next General Election, which flavour of Conservatism do you want?

That's been the case since Tory Blair took office. How I wish John Smith had survived long enough to serve as PM...

Author:  belchingmatt [ Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:46 am ]
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paulzolo wrote:
Well, we’ve seen the end of Labour as anything that purports to support the working people of the country. They’ve lurched further to the right under Miliband, and can easily have the terms “class traitors” applied now.


Can the labour party really be class traitors when they have openly sworn to make Britain a classless society?

Author:  jonbwfc [ Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:30 am ]
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belchingmatt wrote:
paulzolo wrote:
Well, we’ve seen the end of Labour as anything that purports to support the working people of the country. They’ve lurched further to the right under Miliband, and can easily have the terms “class traitors” applied now.

Can the labour party really be class traitors when they have openly sworn to make Britain a classless society?

Well, even if you ignore the bracketing of 'class', the fact is the various political parties do have natural 'constituencies'. And it's probably fair to say that the current recession, and the incumbent government policies to rectify it, is causing the most pain in what would naturally be Labour's constituency of voters. For labour to therefore endorse those policies seems to me... politically naive, at best. You wouldn't expect a Tory opposition to be saying an 85% high earners tax rate was a good thing, not would you expect a Liberal opposition to be calling for the government to re-introduce the death penalty.

Regardless of what Ed Milliband's ambitions for the country are, public statements like this aren't getting him anywhere nearer being elected. If I was at all cynical, I might suggest he didn't know about this until he it in read the papers and this is Ed Balls getting his own back for not winning the leadership election. After all, if Labour get battered in the next election, it'll be Milliband who gets in neck, not Balls.

(note: It is almost impossible to present any kind of comment on anything the shadow chancellor says without it ending up as some kind of double-entendre at some point)

Jon

Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:30 pm ]
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paulzolo wrote:
They’ve lurched further to the right under Miliband, and can easily have the terms “class traitors” applied now.
To be fair with the current finances in the UK they'd never get elected if they moved to the left and opposed spending cut. There would have been a massive shift in middle England to move to the right in terms of voting.

Author:  Linux_User [ Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:36 pm ]
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Poor Mr Milibean.

Author:  davrosG5 [ Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:06 pm ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
Regardless of what Ed Milliband's ambitions for the country are, public statements like this aren't getting him anywhere nearer being elected. If I was at all cynical, I might suggest he didn't know about this until he it in read the papers and this is Ed Balls getting his own back for not winning the leadership election. After all, if Labour get battered in the next election, it'll be Milliband who gets in neck, not Balls.

(note: It is almost impossible to present any kind of comment on anything the shadow chancellor says without it ending up as some kind of double-entendre at some point)

Jon


I can't see anyone voting to have a Prime Minister Balls.

Author:  phantombudgie [ Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:44 pm ]
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The headline writers are praying for that. Imagine a prime minister called Balls. It would start with "British public in election balls-up" and get better every day!

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