{"id":82840,"date":"2025-06-02T07:54:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T06:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=82840"},"modified":"2025-06-02T07:54:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T06:54:17","slug":"when-will-labour-learn-that-it-can-never-out-reform-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/06\/02\/when-will-labour-learn-that-it-can-never-out-reform-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"When will Labour learn that it can never out Reform Reform?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Guardian has this headline<\/a> this morning:<\/p>\n

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The story begins by saying:<\/p>\n

The Labour faction influencing Downing Street\u2019s pitch to Reform UK voters has urged ministers to \u201croot out DEI\u201d.<\/p>\n

An article from the Blue Labour campaign group, titled What is to be Done, calls for the government to legislate against diversity, equity and inclusion, echoing the rightwing backlash from Donald Trump and Nigel Farage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Once upon a time, from 1918 until Bair came along, the purpose of Labiur was defined by Clause 4 of its constitution, which said during that period<\/a>:<\/p>\n

To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the basis of the\u00a0common ownership\u00a0of the\u00a0means of production,\u00a0distribution\u00a0and\u00a0exchange, and the best obtainable system of popular administration and control of each industry or service.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I do not think that was realistic, or even desirable, as I am committed to a mixed economy, but equity was right there in the middle of this.<\/p>\n

Blair changed this to:<\/p>\n

The Labour Party is a democratic socialist party. It believes that by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone, so as to create for each of us the means to realise our true potential and for all of us a community in which power, wealth and opportunity are in the hands of the many, not the few, where the rights we enjoy reflect the duties we owe, and where we live together, freely, in a spirit of solidarity, tolerance and respect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If anyone can reconcile that with a policy that is opposed to diversity, equity and inclusion, I cannot. What Blue Labour is proposing is the promotion of intolerance, abuse and exclusion, leading to exploitation.<\/p>\n

I am sure Starmer will lap up all they have to say, ike the good puppy that he is.<\/p>\n

When will they learn that Labour will never outdo Reform, and what they need is a philosophy of their own?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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