Thread by @MerryMichaelW

"À la recherche du temps perdu"

We are living through an era, analogous to 1868 - 1924, when the Labour Party was formed.

The Whigs fell apart from internal corruption(sounds familiar?), and while the Liberals were formed, many of the same people were involved.

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Subsequently, Lloyd George was also hugely corrupt, and the Liberals themselves fell.

The Labour Party entered Parliament in 1924, nearly one hundred years ago.

Ramsey McDonald was merely another carpetbagger, and it took another World War to see real change under Atlee.
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Many "great" men, and some women entered the Labour Party, and for a while, Harold Wilson held them together, rather in the manner of a circus ringmaster.

But Roy Jenkin's ego got the better of both him and the situation.
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So the SDP was formed, with no activists, but wads of Sainsbury's money, much of the middle class was peeled off of Labour once more.

They were the early precursors to today's remainers, who prefer the EU to take responsibility, and who are the enemies of self-determination.
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In the meantime, Kinnock got busy with chucking Socialists out of the Labour Party, to make it "electable".

The SDP and the Liberals had a shotgun wedding, marrying Liberal activists with Sainsbury's money. This would lead to the death of Charles Kennedy.
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Then the real "middle man" arrived in Labour, and Tony Blair proceeded to chuck Clause IV and actual Socialism out of the Labour Party.

He also got rid of nearly 5 million voters ...
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Several people have mentioned a belief in a "core Labour vote" of around 8 million.

The events of 2019, and subsequently, have proved this to be an illusion ...
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There is actually a clear and large majority in this country for real change - but they have no loyalty to Labour, because the Labour Party has shown no loyalty to them.

And now, it is too late.

RIP The Labour Party 1868 - 2024. Ends.

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