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In other words, if you're not hard left, you're tory scum.
These are your words. No one said that. Not even anything close to that. Jesus.
bashthebox's point was a lot of New Labour voters share more in common on policy with the Tory party. How does that get construed into one group calling another group scum?
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Whether Winni was making this point, I can see how you could interpret my words as saying that.
And indeed, public/media perception is going to be Corbyn's biggest battle.
You do a blind tasting of policies and I'm going to guess that the majority of the electorate would come out backing Corbyn... but a lot of people won't vote for him because 'left' is an ugly word for them.
It's a tough one indeed.
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In other words, if you're not hard left, you're tory scum. It is exactly this divisive attitude to the voters that will put labour out of power for a decade. Most people dont see themselves as left or right.
Calling lifelong labour members, voters and activists "tory lite" will spilt the party and weaken election prospects.