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Andrew Gwynne and his conduct should not come as a surprise

www.thecanary.co Andrew Gwynne and his conduct should not come as a surprise

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Like all Westminster parties, a party 99% composed of grifters who see politics as a means of becoming wealthier. Behind the scenes, most Tories and Labour mps socialise and generally share the same views.

It should come as no surprise, because they are not a liberal party. Labour are first and foremost a workers union party, and no matter how many BAME or LGBTQ+ policies they put out, they can all be easily overturned or replaced because not everyone in the party either believes in it, as its not a founding principal.
If you want a Liberal Labour party, then we would need to establish one, but trying to change an organisation as large as this is going to be an uphill battle.
I guess the other way would be to create a Labour Against non-White British group as a honeypot to oust applicants, but as we can see from this it's slow process. An entire group for discussing how to fuck over voters, and they only decide to suspend one?
- I find it difficult to understand how you believe Labour represents the interests of workers in any meaningful sense.
  Labour is primarily a liberal party, and has been for many years. The union of liberals and socialists broke down in the 80s.
  
  I don't. But the party is much more aligned with Unions than with social liberalism.
  I don't think that Labour is fit for any purpose, and hasn't been for a very long time.
  [Edit] Please note I referred to it as a party for the Unions, and not one with the interests of workers.
- So far ...
  
  If you want a socially liberal party then being a part of a group that looks to mock and belittle minorities should be unacceptable.
  Having a high profile token sacrifice, and seeing how much demand for blood remains is not a socially liberal policy.

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