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The Problem With The Labour Party

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I think we should all be taking a long, hard look at what is happening in the Labour Party right now and attempting to draw some wisdom from it. Please hear me out... The Labour Party is a "big tent" party, a party that is supposedly politically diverse and allows a wide range of discussions. In reality, this means that you end up with factions within the party that amount to disagreements over policy and direction, and these factions usually end up vying for supremacy. For example, within the Conservative Party, you have One Nation conservatives and Thatcherites who disagree with each other superficially. One Nation conservatives believe that the wealthy should do all they can to support the poor and lower classes (which coincidentally, does not happen), whereas Thatcherism emphasises individuality and an ethos of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. But we can learn more by observing what they have in common, which is unwavering support for capitalism; they are unified b