Monday, 1 February 2016

Was Blair's Labour Programme More Working-Class Than Corbyn's?


The conclusion here is overwhelming. On a great many issues that the general public, and particularly working-class voters, tack left on – Blair tacked right. Jeremy Corbyn on the other hand appears to closely align with both the core Labour vote and a wider working-class electorate on many issues of public service provision and economic policy. I am beginning to get the feeling proponents of the Islingtonian prosecco proletarian image have not really looked at the facts.

The fictions about the base of the new membership, and about the character of Corbyn's own constituency, are also usefully seen off in this article.

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