Jeremy Corbyn is facing a Labour backlash over his party’s “unmitigated disaster” at the polls, which prompted Theresa May to taunt his failure to make an electoral breakthrough. As the dust settled Labor’s Chukka Umunna called for his party’s ruling National Executive to set up a “proper post-mortem,” warning the results could not give it confidence it would win the next General Election. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWell, since the trots, anarchists and folk with dogs on strings joined up along with many idealistic youngsters, Labour is completely F… .d. All my North London Jewish relatives switched to the Tories. Sorry Chukka mate you are screwed, unfortunately the genie has been let out of the bottle. Labour is now the party of choice for almost every sort of nutter.
May 05th, 2018 - 11:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0Labour's Land tax will wreck agriculture in the UK, and push up food prices having an effect on the poorest if there is no reasonable Brexit agreement
May 06th, 2018 - 02:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If there is no agreement, then expect tariffs to be imposed on cheap food imports from Spain and other EU countries, so the food buying public will be screwed both ends, affecting the lowest earners.
Many small farms (and there are many) will be sold to huge landowners with the money to pay the land tax.
Labour need not expect many votes from anyone with a reasonably sized garden and upwards.
Many Labour voters call themselves working class, despite having jobs where they sit on their behinds, without actually doing any physical 'work'.
Chukka 'out' recently chairing a 'working class' organisation, was extremely amusing considering that if he was 'forced' to do any real work, he would faint within 5 seconds.
The question is why is this piece appearing in Mercopenguin, a British government propaganda organ supposedly devoted to America, South America and the South Atlantic?
May 07th, 2018 - 12:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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