On 4th. October, 2016,UK Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn went to an event to commemorate the 80th. anniversary of when various groups marched to protest against Oswald Mosley's B... moreOn 4th. October, 2016,UK Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn went to an event to commemorate the 80th. anniversary of when various groups marched to protest against Oswald Mosley's British Fascist Party, in 1936. Also in 2016, fifty Labour MPs and counsellors were suspended for anti-semitism. To date, no one has been sacked from the party. The highest-profile figure was former London Mayor Ken Livingstone. Having been suspended for a year, Corbyn just suspended him for a further year. If Corbyn doesn't practice what he preaches on anti-semitism, why should we believe him when he says he will help the poor, or the disabled, or the workers? As we head into an election on June 8th., the two principle criticisms being made of Labour are the anti-semitism, and Corbyn's weak leadership. Most people say they prefer what Corbyn says about helping the less fortunate in our society, to Teresa May's clobbering of them, but even many who identify as Labour voters are saying they will vote Conservative, or for some other party... less
The French have always been heavily socialist, so the fact that right-wingers there don't see a contradiction comes as no surprise. The right-wingers I refer to are the ones in the... moreThe French have always been heavily socialist, so the fact that right-wingers there don't see a contradiction comes as no surprise. The right-wingers I refer to are the ones in the USA who have been posting on this site that they wanted her to win, despite her having a lot of socialist economic policies that no one at all in the USA puts in their party manifesto. We are talking about people who regard Obamacare as socialist, even though it is private insurance based!