UK Labour are too Tory for me. - eviltoast

UK Labour are too Tory for me.
I’ve threatened that they’ve lost my vote. (edit)
On LGBTQIA, specifically trans rights.
On their plans for the NHS.
On their plans for health and wealth inequalities in the UK.
On their plans for the relationship the UK has with Europe.
They have to be less Tory to get my vote back.
It’s not acceptable that to not vote Tory, we have to settle for what they offer. They assume their position is acceptable.
If they correct their position, I’ll reconsider
@uk_politics

  • Colin@med-mastodon.comOP
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    1 year ago

    @frankPodmore Unfortunately the pay wall prevents others from seeing this. I’ve read the entire article via the link given and it doesn’t address several of my points, so I’m not clear which policy positions you’re referring to.
    In fact the opening paragraph agrees with me:
    “It has been said that in sidelining the Labour party’s Corbynite left wing and manoeuvring it towards the centre, Sir Keir Starmer has made the UK opposition barely distinguishable in tone from the governing Conservatives.”

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      1 year ago

      No, it doesn’t agree with you. Really basic reading comprehension error, there. It says people have said that, not that it is true. It spends the following 600 words demolishing that case.

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      1 year ago

      Paywalls are easily circumvented. This isn’t a good excuse.

      For the uninitiated; Copy the article address and paste it into the search bar on archive.is. There are multiple paywall bypass methods, this is just one.

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        1 year ago

        @noodle As I said I’ve read it, via a different method to you, but thanks for sharing it.
        Now other readers will be aware of a strategy. Not all strategies work so people may have to try more than one. In any case it’s an inadequate article.

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          1 year ago

          You responded within 1 minute of it being posted and then dismissed it for being too long, which it isn’t. Anything less than 1500 words should take you about 5 minutes to read. That’s not much of a commitment.