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Originally Posted by Will21st
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Well I consider Labour authoritarian. Hence why they were disliked by a lot of leftist liberals like Galloway. The thing is the Tories pursue the same types of policies, secret courts, DNA and Internet databases. Yet another example of how authoritarianism is not limited to the left and therefore being 'left' doesn't mean you support increasing laws and erosion of civil liberties.
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I think you're mixing up your definitions here,the left is almost opposite of being liberal. Liberals love freedom whereas the left hate it because they can't control free people.
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No,Galloway opposed this because of his liberal instincts,if he was just far-left he would have supported it. After all,the ID card scheme was dreamed-up by Labour,yes?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politi...pping-id-cards
just another cool £257 million spent on it,but hey,it's OPM,right? (other people's money)
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No,and you have to show me where I suggested such tactics are the preserve of the left....
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So you can on the left and a liberal.
Which is it?
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the left loves to smear it's opponents with all sorts of nasty labels
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Oh the irony.