TURNCOAT
Today Keir Starmer revealed his true colours.
“Sir Keir Starmer promises his Labour reform will be like Tony Blair's Clause IV 'on steroids' (sky news: 13/05/23)
In 1995 Tony Blair made the decision to abandon the Labour Party’s founding commitment to nationalisation. The ordinary people of Britain were no longer to be the priority of the Labour party, replaced instead by the needs of big business and those that run it. The consequence of this was:
“The gap between rich and poor remained more or less the same during the Blair years, according to analysis by the Resolution Foundation, although there was a big increase in pay at the top end of the income scale.” (BBC NEWS: 01.05.17)
In 2002, five years into the Blair Government, Tory right-winger Mrs Thatcher was asked at a dinner what her greatest achievement was.
“Thatcher replied: “Tony Blair and New Labour. We forced our opponents to change their minds.” (Conor Burns, April 11, 2008: reported in Economic Sociology and Political Economy)
In other words, Blair’s economic policies were no different to the economic policies of the Conservative Party.
If Starmer is to be Blair “on steroids" is it any wonder he is busy purging the Labour Party of anyone who puts the welfare of people before those of business. Under Starmer, our NHS will not be safe from privatisation, the water companies will remain in foreign-owned hands and continue to pump raw sewage into our rivers and seas, and privately owned energy producers will continue to profiteer at the expense of ordinary people.
In short, as under Blair, the poor will remain poor while the rich become richer.
You should be ashamed of yourself Mr Starmer.