tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738845518977466560.post4930911516929166841..comments2024-01-15T09:38:57.188+00:00Comments on Dispatches from Paisley: Just What Is Labour Hame's Problem?Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13574173214924437278noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738845518977466560.post-57132909273212867962011-11-06T16:00:21.803+00:002011-11-06T16:00:21.803+00:00From the dark side as better nation don't like...<a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/02/london-corporation-city" rel="nofollow">From the dark side</a> as better nation don't like the link!cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738845518977466560.post-76519189285419563582011-11-02T20:34:23.535+00:002011-11-02T20:34:23.535+00:00Thanks for the comment Tris.
I suspect that Labou...Thanks for the comment Tris.<br /><br />I suspect that Labour would be in a lot more trouble in England had there been a credible left of centre alternative to New Labour - in a similar way to the Tories struggling because a sizable chunk of their vote had gone to the Referendum Party in 1997, and had gone to UKIP at the last Westminster elections. In England at least, the Labour vote hasn't really recovered from 2001.Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13574173214924437278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738845518977466560.post-6398980608895486332011-11-01T21:20:23.965+00:002011-11-01T21:20:23.965+00:00Good post Allan.
Labour in Scotland seems lost. I...Good post Allan.<br /><br />Labour in Scotland seems lost. I think that Blair moved the party to the right so that they could pick up votes from relatively well to do southern English voters. They just assumed that the Scottish voters (and those in Wales and North England), would stay with them, because, well, what else were they going to do?<br /><br />But they didn't reckon for the SNP actually scraping in and doing the unimaginable...with a minority government running an efficient administration. One that actually was far better on many of the things that affect people.<br /><br />Their response was to elect a nice enough man, who is no leader, no orator and frankly not a great brain.<br /><br />And his MO was to rubbish every single thing that the SNP said or did.<br /><br />The trouble was the working class voters liked what they were doing. They might have been called the Tartan Tories, but they were bringing in good policies for Labour voters, and it wasn't all in the North East. <br /><br />In short they saw that what labour was saying didn't actually match what was happening.<br /><br />Then came the disastrous election for labour, and now all Iain Gray can do is blame everyone else.<br /><br />Nothing about him being useless; nothing about his polices being out of kilter; nothing about the SNP being good; nothing about new directions. Nope, just moans about cybernats on the Scotsman.<br /><br />Until they accept where they went wrong they will never get it right.<br /><br />Tut tut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738845518977466560.post-91067694067026333002011-11-01T20:04:20.412+00:002011-11-01T20:04:20.412+00:00Spacebar??? Unless you mean the Navi-bar at the t...Spacebar??? Unless you mean the Navi-bar at the top, nope (note this problem will probably become aparent as soon as I post this).Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13574173214924437278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738845518977466560.post-21818895352307823672011-10-31T20:04:17.884+00:002011-10-31T20:04:17.884+00:00Hi Allan. Do you have a problem with your spaceba...Hi Allan. Do you have a problem with your spacebar?<br /><br />That aside, I think you have some good points, yet I think Labour have now lost the ground they had for 50 years. Nobody really wants to go back to a 'hard-left' situation because they know full well that it doesn't encourage entrepreneurs and industry.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.com