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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Brown was in no way old Labour...  |
Exactly - he was only a shadow of it and was quite harmful enough
EDIT: As I said though, if you are 'Old Labour' you and I struggle to be more diametrically opposed in our views. Mine consist of nasty things like:
Ring fencing the NHS and paying for it through compulsory health insurance not general taxation.
Previous salary based unemployment insurance which tapers off after a period and is again ring fenced from general taxation.
Rolling back of Lisbon and the UK leaving the EU and negotiating bilateral agreements for free trade and free movement in a similar manner to Switzerland.
Removal of the Lords and replacement with a proportionally elected second house.
Devolving powers to more local levels, with the UK ideally following the model of the United States or Canada. This already happens with devolved powers but I'd like to see England separated into provinces / administrative areas also.