Meenzer 15716 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35570 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I'm so left wing that I spend all of my time tracking back to help Paul Dummett. Trotskyesque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedfernMag 0 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) The left for me used to mean either the reformist left or the revolutionary left. These could be divided into differing strands, groups and arguments, but the aim was pretty much the same, the emancipation of the proletariat. these days the left seems to be mostly a collection of liberals with the odd political reenactment group here and there attempting to keep some true flame burning. The only thing that the left appears to be good at (historically) is in the neutering of public anger by redistributing it through the usual bureaucratic channels that end up leading nowhere, with the result being nothing more than a feeling of collective resignation. Edited December 9, 2015 by RedfernMag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 Can you give some examples of the last sentence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedfernMag 0 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Can you give some examples of the last sentence? the Unions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 Right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedfernMag 0 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 you can also chuck in the never ending meetings, the pointless A-B marches, toeing the party line (or else!), all that bollocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 you can also chuck in the never ending meetings, the pointless A-B marches, toeing the party line (or else!), all that bollocks. The new spurt in membership might be the start of more grass roots movement...How do you see that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedfernMag 0 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 The new spurt in membership might be the start of more grass roots movement...How do you see that? more dreams dashed on the rocks of despair. (football/politics have the same effect on me ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4821 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I'm so left wing that I spend all of my time tracking back to help Paul Dummett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5295 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I'm pretty left wing, even though I'd argue it's not in my interests to be. I put it down to being raised Catholic, which means I'm naturally predisposed to feeling guilty and like I'm not contributing enough. I voted Corbyn. I agree with a lot of what he says. I would previously have identified as centre ground, but over the years I've become much more cynical of Labour. I don't think they'll end up back in power in this form, I actually suspect they'll split, but they can't keep going on fighting the Tories for the centre. Osborne and Cameron are the true heirs to Blair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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