Damn I am 🤮 of people arguing there ought to be no place for Starmer / Blair / Corbyn* in Labour, or no place for AOC / Sanders* for the Democrats, or that Biden is too pragmatic for the Democrats
YOU LIVE IN 2 PARTY SYSTEMS
* - delete according to your political prejudices
YOU LIVE IN 2 PARTY SYSTEMS
* - delete according to your political prejudices
I don't live in a 2 party system
Were I in the UK, both Sigmar Gabriel and I would have to be in the Labour Party
But because Germany has a multi party system, my liberal left can pleasantly be in the Grüne, and Gabriel's authoritarian reactionary left in the SPD
Were I in the UK, both Sigmar Gabriel and I would have to be in the Labour Party
But because Germany has a multi party system, my liberal left can pleasantly be in the Grüne, and Gabriel's authoritarian reactionary left in the SPD
Yes, my party might have to go into a coalition with the SPD. But I, as a party member, do not have to pass the time of day with someone like Gabriel
And that's better for *everyone*
And that's better for *everyone*
Critics of Starmer/Blair/Corbyn / AOC/Sanders/Biden - either live with the fact that the election systems in UK & USA make 2 party competition almost inevitable, and tolerate diversity. Or campaign for election reform.
Definitely DON'T expend your energy sniping internally
Definitely DON'T expend your energy sniping internally
(And yes, FWIW it was *right* to expel Corbyn - not because he was too lefty, but because of antisemitism - do not @ reply me about that point!)
(And yes, there are the Lib Dems. But look how FPTP screws them)
/rant over
(And yes, there are the Lib Dems. But look how FPTP screws them)
/rant over
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