(July 3, 2016 at 5:22 am)Mathilda Wrote: It seems like the Labour party is currently filled with people who shouldn't really be in the same political party but because of First Past the Post need to be in order to win against the Tories. This is why Labour are fighting amongst themselves rather than opposing the government.
There's a problem for social democrats all over Europe. Their previous electorate is pretty much gone. Manual workers and unions have lost a lot of clout, as far as votes are concerned. On the other hand there is a new precariate. IT guys working for a pittance, freelancers of all sorts. These people are currently fuclked over left, right and center, since they got no lobby. Coservatives don't give a shit about them, and the so called New Labour movement doesn't either. Yet they are the ones, desperately in need of some security and representation, since their numbers are constantly growing.
That's who Labour should cater to, since they are the new working class. Being outsourced by companies to run what they call their own business. But all in all just an excuse to get shot of workplace legislations and to pay them even less than they would pay their employees.