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Do you think a centrist government would take the radical steps required to help slow down climate change?
I think a centre left government would.
The centre of the Labour Party have had 4 years to find a candidate and programme to get behind
I agree that there isn't a good candidate. The whole PLP is bereft of talent.
Regarding a policy programme, I think this paragraph from Blair's speech is spot-on:
Second, we need urgently a new policy agenda for progressive politics. At the heart of it will be understanding and mobilising the technological revolution, the 21st-century equivalent of the 19th-century industrial revolution. It will mean a complete re-ordering of the way state and government is conceived and organised; huge focus on education and infrastructure; new ways of dealing with generational poverty; a recasting of corporate governance and responsibility; a stimulus nationally and internationally of the science and technology for environmental change; and very specific measures to connect communities and people left behind by the changes driven by globalisation.
There is an intellectual void across politics, right and left, in the UK. Neither party has a credible program for facing the challenges of this century. At least Blair has an idea of where we should be looking.
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I honestly don’t know what is best for the Labour Party at the moment, in my heart I would like someone from the left of the party like Rebecca Long Bailey but I fear it won’t go down well after Corbyn and she will get savaged by the press. For me the most important thing will be the green new deal, or whatever it will be called, so I will look at the prospective leaders and how they will address this and vote accordingly.
The centre of the Labour Party have had 4 years to find a candidate and programme to get behind surely they will have something to inspire the masses?