“Labour is far right”, you heard it here first folks.
Sure, they’re not left enough by any definition, but far right and not even close to not being far right?
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vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works 6 hours agoThe UK is not under a liberal left government, and if you think Labor is even close to not being far right you’re actually deluded.
Enkrod@feddit.org 6 hours ago
vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
What does the following fall under? As a fun game I’ve included three quotes or headlines regarding Nigel Farage, and six regarding Starmer or the labor government. I can guarantee you will not be able to pick out the Farage ones (I have paraphrased to make googling them and cheating that way difficult.
Answered Yes under oath when asked whether he knew his staffer continued a long-term relationship with Jeffery Epstein after Epstein’s 2008 conviction.
According to an FIDH report they have repeatedly lobbied for legislation and policy that directly supports and upholds the Israeli genocidal state, even when said policies would directly harm the UK and its citizens.
His attacks on Palestinian protestors — and protestors in general have been called a driving voice behind the single greatest regression in democracy in the UK since the Thatcher government.
He has stated Israel “has the right” to withhold, as well as disable all domestic sources of, power and water for Gaza.
He has “transformed the labour party to a place where Jews are welcome again” – t(his one is easy, just hilariously direct.)
During his campaigning he has directly called into question the nationalization of the NHS and has argued limited to full privatization would directly benefit UK citizens.
During his campaign and through his time as a politician, he has directly and consistently worked against the Trans agenda, even when it was unpopular to do so.
His advisors have been anonymously quoted as saying “he does not believe trans women are women” and has publicly stated there was a ‘desperate need’ for trans people to identify themselves in public spaces as trans.
He has been quoted multiple times as saying the UK’s “Open Border’s” Policy needs to be ended and that it should not be so easy for “asylum seekers” to be granted asylum.
And here’s one more for free:
He has stated the “Open Borders” Policy from previous governments has been a squalid chapter in British history and has left “stains” on the “british way of life.” In the same vein, he has rallied against “immigrant rape gangs” using “legal loopholes” to come into the country.
spoiler
Not a single one was about Farage.
Semjeza@fedinsfw.app 5 hours ago
On migration and trans rights they’re cleaving pretty right wing.
On economics, they’re still quite centre-left-ish.
And since everything is polarised these days, they get to be centre-left to the right, and moderate right to the left.
makingrain@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Right wing on migration? Don’t make us laugh.
bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 2 hours ago
it literally is lol
bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 2 hours ago
it can’t be far right because it has labour on his name 🤓