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Many of us have the same problem George.

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Ed Miliband's 'Confused' Leadership Savaged By Labour MP George Mudie




 MP George Mudie



George Mudie said,"I have difficulty knowing what we stand for now.". Coming from a former Minister who shared the responsibility for the disaster of New Labour, Mudie now shares, along with thousands of others, that sense of disbelief and anger that a once  great political movement, can have degenerated into a quasi "Tory" party squabbling with the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives for the "centre ground" of British politics. Anyone looking for leadership or social vision from Ed Milliband or the Labour party will be sadly disappointed. The Labour party of today, particularly the parliamentary party, has become too comfortable with its position within the "establishment" and too complacent in its belief that, sooner or later, they will be returned to government as the wheel of political fortune completes another cycle.
The mirage of Labour becoming a truly representative force for its traditional supporters under Milliband or for that matter any other leader, is just that, a mirage. Labour has deserted its traditional values, in social justice, in protection of workers rights, in curbing the excesses of businesses and industry and it has even descended to voting with the Condem coalition or abstaining on votes crucial to sections of our society. There is no commitment to repealing or reversing the pernicious effects of the current governments drive to impose austerity on the country or to further expand their disastrous "privatisation" plans for vast swathes of industry and our NHS. 
George Mudie said,"I have difficulty knowing what we stand for now." Well George, some of us have had that same problem for decades.  


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