Paul Mason wrote this on Twitter yesterday:
Until Johnson unleashed his cabinet of libertarians and semi-fascists you could hedge bets on Corbyn's current strategy: now that's over - there has to be an alliance of the centre and the left to stop Brexit follow[ed] by 5 years of triumphal racism
I replied:
I doubt [simple] opposition could create such an alliance. It has to be a positive alliance, for the Green New Deal, constitutional reform, respect for devolved government, pro strong relations with Europe, and for equality. Then it may have a chance, and a manifesto
What are the chances? A phrase involving hen's teeth comes to mind, I fear.
But I am glad some who have given Corbyn the benefit of the doubt are now rethinking.
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Agreed.
It is time now that Labour came out of the shadows and stopped being a minor cabal.
And once again I see this much troubled word ‘equality’. People do not get it. We must call it ‘fairness’.
Yes, fairness.” Justice” is the French for it. Two words in English, only one in French, fair and just are equal…
Equality only exists in science and maths, in formulas. [=] was invented by a Welshman…little did he know what would happen to it!
Yet “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité”…between the peoples of Europe, and beyond, one needs to hope. Justice, so often missed.
🙂
Takes two (or three in this case ) to tango.
In the case of the energy transition Labour seems to have (finally) recognised that very large-scale investment is needed by gov.
This can be measured in terms of £100billion per year for 30 years. We can argue over £10bn here or there – it ain’t £20bn/yr.
This will not come from bond markets, it can’t come from banks.
Unfortunately, both the Lib-Dems and the Greens (Scott-Cato) seem to think that the private sector has an important financial role to play.
The private sector has a role to play in delivering goods and effort needed for the energy transition – it can never raise the resources needed to do so – only gov can.
That is the gulf that separates the Greens/Lib-dems and Labour wrt the energy transition.
From the point of view of recent rhetoric there is little difference between the lib-dems and Greens and Labour in terms of social justice, fairness and equiality.
From the point of view of recent history – the current leader of the Lib-dems has some explaining to do with respect to 120k deaths caused by austerity implemented by a coalition gov of which she was a minister. The fact that the lib-dems seem to have regained “market-share” seems to suggest a shortness of memory amongst significant parts of the population.
Perhaps these “minor details” need to be quietly overlooked & the parties cooperate as best they can in the face of a gov filled with escaped asylum inmates.
Only the government can drive this
I think business has a role – but only if it adapts to the changed environment, literally
” for the Green New Deal, constitutional reform, respect for devolved government, pro strong relations with Europe, and for equality.”
Surely that is all stuff for which the Labour Party and Jeremy Corbyn campaign already?
Although on the doorstep I find people are more concerned about insecure work and Tory cuts, and want more spending on the NHS, and something done about the shocking state of social care.
I wish we heard Labour on such stuff
I wish more that it was really committed to fiscal policy, deficit spending that we can afford, and the EU