By stewartb
‘It is very easy for Tories to cross over to Labour these days, THEY ARE THE SAME BLOODY PARTY, ..’
How far will Labour-supporting newspapers in Scotland like the Daily Record be prepared to go on behalf of the ‘precious Union’ to protect/shield the party that many left leaning, progressive folk in England are now calling LINO – ‘Labour in Name Only’?
This from today (8 May) : ‘Labour’s draft New Deal for Workers now “unrecognisable”
‘Responding to the recent New Deal documents sent to the trade unions by the Labour Party, the leader of Unite Sharon Graham said:
“It looks like all the warnings Unite made earlier about the dangers of Labour rowing back on its pledges for the New Deal for Workers have been proved right. This new Labour document on the New Deal, issued to the unions on Monday, is a row back on a row back. It is totally unrecognisable from the original proposals produced with the unions. Unrecognisable. Workers will see through this and mark this retreat after retreat as a betrayal.
“This new document is turning what was a real new deal for workers into a charter for bad bosses. Labour don’t want a law against fire and rehire and they are effectively ripping up the promise of legislation on a new deal for workers in its first 100 days. Instead, we have codes of conduct and pledges of consultation with big business. Likewise, the proposal to legislate against zero hours contracts is watered down to almost nothing.
“In truth this new document is not worthy of discussion. All unions must now demand that Labour changes course and puts the original New Deal for Workers back on the table.”
THIS EXCORIATION needs to be shouted from every vantage point and put in front of every Labour MP, MSP and upcoming election candidates. Maybe then prospective Labour voters in Scotland may be more open to acknowledge ALL THE OTHER U-TURNs made by Starmer’s Labour Party since he was elected leader. LINO indeed!
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
I’m sorry but the man seriously looks like he is on something, and frankly not the less harmful of the ‘good stuff’.
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It’s a Lab/Tory greedy Oligargh nasty far right wing money high if anything…
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Lol Oligarch…
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You got it nearly right the first time just missed couple of letters – Oligaaargh!
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UK politics is in desperate need of an enema, and Scots may well make it involuntary…
YES support continues to rise across all parties in Scotland, so irrespective of how it is formally enumerated and when, the party will soon be over for Westminster…..
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I have been resisting saying they are the same party because…..Lisa Cameron. The same could be said of the SNP. Ridiculous I know but that won’t stop them.
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