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Originally Posted by ceebee_uk
If you look at his earlier work before he took over the party he was an adamant supporter of 'Clause 4' which called for 'all means of production to be in the hands of the state' . He then realised that the core 'working class wouls vote Labour or not at all but aspirational voters would vote for anyone who offered lower taxes and improved services , and made sure that Hermione and Tarquin didnt have to mix with Darren and Stacey at school (generalisation). So he lost his principles and sold out for power.
Me - BITTER what makes you think that ?
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Clause 4 actually said:
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To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the basis of the common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange, and the best obtainable system of popular administration and control of each industry or service.
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which actually only ever got as far as the nationalisation of some industries
As a Champagne Socialist, Blair and his ilk might have dallied with socialist ideas but the Troskyite stooges of the right opened up the way for them to abandon the principles upon which the Labour Party was founded - a path they were only too eager to go down. They were of course helped by Kinnock and his cronies, and the sainted John Smith - who checked out before he could be blamed for screwing the labour movement and is now revered.
You want to see bitter...come the revolution we'll see how bitter I can get
