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[โ€“] psvrh@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

From the outside looking in, it would appear that Labour is yet another pseudo-progressive party that got addicted to corporate cash during the late 1990s flowering of neoliberalism ans aren't willing to let go.

It's the same thing in most western Nations, and it has the awful side effect of making what were previously "reasonable" right wing parties into proto-fascists put of self defense.

[โ€“] pandapoo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

This is "New Labour", which systematically purges traditional Labour/leftist members from any position of power or leadership e.g. Corbyn.