(July 9, 2024 at 2:22 pm)Mr Greene Wrote:

(July 9, 2024 at 5:03 am)Pat Mustard Wrote: Labour are a coalition of centre-left social democrats and hard right thatcherites.  Since Neill Kinnock in the mid-80's Labour's leadership has been thatcherite barring the few years Corbyn tried to rintroduce social-democracy.

(July 9, 2024 at 6:38 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: ^I’ll take a coalition of centrists, thatcherites, and social democrats over a monolithic bloc of fascists every day of the week. Twice on Sundays.

Boru

? Not sure where you're getting any of that from.
'NU-Labour' would be the Social Democratic side of the party, Brown was a Trotskyist, Corbyn and Momentum are very much a reactionary group from the fringe. An earlier group of social democrats split from party after the '70s strikes before joining the Liberals in '83.

(July 9, 2024 at 3:13 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(July 9, 2024 at 2:22 pm)Mr Greene Wrote: ? Not sure where you're getting any of that from.
'NU-Labour' would be the Social Democratic side of the party, Brown was a Trotskyist, Corbyn and Momentum are very much a reactionary group from the fringe. An earlier group of social democrats split from party after the '70s strikes before joining the Liberals in '83.

It was a response to Mustard’s little whinge about the make-up of Labour.

Boru