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Would Labour have been able to wipe the floor with the Tories if they stood on moral principle? I doubt it.
Not if that was the only dimension to the response. But imagine if the main thrust was pointing out how manipulative and dishonest such rabble-rousing is, and that it's a dead cat tactic to divert attention from what's really been fucking people over all these years. Then conclude with the moral dimension, illustrating what despicable filth these scumbags have to be in order to carry on like that.
Of course, the drawback with that is it requires Labor/Labour to not be in on what's been fucking people over all these years... Probably the reason why this obvious path was never taken.
Kimmo
Wedge issue - yes. Culture war - yes. Agreed on all counts.
Would Labour have been able to wipe the floor with the Tories if they stood on moral principle? I doubt it.
I prey the culture war style politics dies and Labour act as the grown up in the room, but it is important to be seen as effective in dealing with what the right wing say is a concern.
Waving away the concerns of a rising right wing politics neglects the reality of centrist politics - that being, the party has to track the narrative and cover both the far reaches of the left and right of the public discord.
And I don’t believe Labour can retain power and control if not in the centre.