Labour to focus on flag and patriotism

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  • #213413
    PartisanZ
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    Well did they never?

    Labour must make “use of the [union] flag, veterans [and] dressing smartly” as part of a radical rebranding to help it win back the trust of disillusioned voters, according to a leaked internal strategy presentation.

    The presentation, which has been seen and heard by the Guardian, is aimed at what the party calls “foundation seats”, a new term for the “red wall” constituencies that handed Boris Johnson a landslide in 2019, and other seats it fears could also turn blue. It will be seen as a marker of how concerned Labour is about its electoral position.

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/feb/02/labour-urged-to-focus-on-flag-and-patriotism-to-win-voters-trust-leak-reveals

    #213415
    robbo203
    Participant

    Pass the bucket. I am starting to feel quite queasy at the very thought of it.

    How anyone with the slightest sympathy for the socialist cause could identify or associate with this disreputable thoroughly opportunist organisation, god only knows. Its so patently obvious Labour is just the alternative team (to the Tories) for running capitalism. The grey suits on both teams are to all intents and purposes, indistinguishable

    #213416
    alanjjohnstone
    Keymaster

    No more state school education, no more council estate upbringings, no more trade union connections.

    Only Saville Row attired Oxbridge graduates should apply.

    #213421
    ALB
    Keymaster

    It seems that the super-opportunists who now control the Labour Party want, not only to win back their voters who deserted to the Tories in December 2019, but also to steal some traditional Tory voters by appealing to the Tory Working Man.

    In any event, it is clear that it’s back to Labour, Tory, Same Old Story, which, perhaps hopefully, will lead to people voting for neither bunch of career politicians who merely aspire to form a government within capitalism.

    #213739
    alanjjohnstone
    Keymaster

    Once the darling of the Labour right, Chuka Umunna has been hired by the US bank JP Morgan.

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/feb/10/jp-morgan-hires-chuka-umunna-for-senior-sustainability-role

    #213740
    ALB
    Keymaster

    He jumped ship too soon. If he had stayed on he would have had a good chance of becoming chancellor of the exchequer. At least he now realises that the LibDems are a waste of time.

    #215975
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Further confirmation, should any be needed, that there is little to choose between any of the capitalist parties.

    “Ministers have ordered the union flag to be flown every day on all UK government buildings in Britain…”

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/union-jack-flag-eu-buildings-b1822026.html

    #215983
    ALB
    Keymaster

    The report in today’s Times adds:

    “Labour indicated its support for the plan.”

    #216486
    alanjjohnstone
    Keymaster

    Rugby to ditch God Save the Queen and adopt Jerusalem

    England will adopt ‘Jerusalem’ as new national anthem, RFU announces

    #216504
    imposs1904
    Participant

    Just read this article this morning in a not so old Socialist Standard.

    The Labour Party shagging the flag is like flared trousers: it comes back into fashion every 10 or 12 years:

    Manufacturing Britishness (2008)

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 12 months ago by imposs1904.
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    alanjjohnstone
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