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Jeremy Corbyn confirms new ‘socialist alternative’ before next election to fight Starmer
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You keep saying Labor, are you from the UK?
And tbh, while Labour is far from socialist, they're doing some left wing things:
Nationalising rail. Seems left wing to me.
Nationalising steel. Seems left wing to me.
Nationalising parts of our energy sector. Seems left wing to me.
They're increasing workers rights in a bunch of different ways. Seems left wing to me.
They've significantly hiked minimum wage. Seems left wing to me.
They've implemented a windfall tax targeting profiteering energy firms. Left wing.
Placing VAT on private schooling. Left wing.
Means testing WFA. Left wing.
Placing taxes on non-doms. Left wing.
Invested a great deal more in infrastructure. Left wing.
Capped public transport costs. Left wing.
Implementing stricter rules for landlords. Left wing.
Essentially restarting SureStart in all but name. Left wing.
Changing inheritance tax to squash loopholes surrounding buying up farmland. Left wing.
Ending the use of offshore trusts as a way to avoid inheritance tax. Left wing.
Bringing the NHS back under direct public control. Left wing.
Expanding green energy. Left wing.
There's probably more I've not thought of, too.
Some of those yep. But the majority are questionable. Looking at them with any sceptical thinking.
Yep
Temp national control. No actual plans to leave it nationalised. Much like the Tories did to failing rail franchises. Not left wing. Just desperation. More like Tory temp rail nationalisation of franchises to avoid bankruptcy / loss of survice. Then actual attempts to move left.
Nationalising part to avoid the whole. This is more a way of using gov money to support private investment in green energy. Then for the gov to control the market or essential inferstructure.
Leftish. But more a move towards less extreme right of Tories. The right they are returning were added during the thatcher etc period.
Sounds exactly like Tory policies to me. The Tories spent years claiming they wanted work to pay. And significantly increased min wage.
As did the Tories.
Yep def left.
Given the method of means testing leaves only the very desperate covered. While pensioners on blow living wage income still cannot cover rising bills. Not to mention it is very openly declared as a cost saving measure to avoid taxing the wealthy.
No it is just more right wing then even the Tories were willing to be.
Yep
Promised to. While openly stating they have 0 ways to fund it. But will not tax the huge increase in wealth disparity created over the Tory gov.
No it's just the same 40 hospitals, North investment, we will build more houses. That the Tories roll out every time their polls look bad.
So the Tories are left wing.
This was a Tory policy policy. Literally labour limited the rise in cost to 50%. Because they knew they did not have the support to cancel it.
Yes
Promises promises. But I'll wait to see some real funding before assuming it's not more desperation. Remember this and the investment in inferstructure only happened when polling indicated disaster.
All of this looked like an attempt to avoid the 120 welfare objectors pushing for a no confidence vote,
Yep.
Yep. But also a little we will catch tax avoiders. Something the Tories keep claiming every election. But yes some action is good.
Yep
Promises. And also an open Tory policy pre them heading more right wing around Bojo time. Both the left and right have a history of pushing green.
Pre Bojo it green was no longer a left wing policy but one seen as required by all parties. Funding methods was the only diff. And labour are using private investment.
This is more the moving overton window pushing post election Tory party away from it. Then labour being left.
No, the majority are not questionable. Every single one of those are unambiguously left wing moves.
People are falling victim to the anything to the right of me [socialist] is right wing.
Labour are objectively a centre-left party, and I just gave evidence of that. Saying "well all of that is left wing... but it doesn't count!" isn't a legitimate argument.
Fucking bullshit.
They are supporting genocide.
They are arresting people for expressing support for things they disagree with. 80yo priest for signs opposing genacide and supporting Palestine Action. What ever your views on the action of Palestine Action. Arresting folks who support it is fascism.
Cutting benefits to disabled people. Purely to avoid raising taxes on the wealthy.
You are just ignoring right wing actions. And many out right evil action. In a vain attempt to support your own flawed views about the parties leadership.