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Commercialisation of Compass
Irony is not dead. Hurrah. Those awfully nice "lefties" at Compass are now hawking an EDM about the commercialisation of childhood. Well done!
The Compassites drafting this baby will have had a little chuckle by tipping their hats to commercial merchandisers with their shameless branding IN the EDM title itself with a neat bit of reinforcement by brand placement in the body of the advert, ahem I meant parliamentary motion, to boot.
Whatever next? Health EDMs, sponsored by Serco? Prison EDMs, sponsored by Serco? Transport EDMs, sponsored by Serco? Arms Trade EDMs, sponsored by Serco? No! that would be ridiculous. Next thing Serco will want to be running our Hospitals/Prisons/Trains/Weapons Industry (delete as appropriate).
They are? Oh dear. But probably better at it, and a damn sight more subtle with their profile, than those fluffy ex-Project Compassites would be.
Now if they were to be brave and endorsed John McDonnell MP, who appears to have a very reasonable set of policies that Compass are supposed to support, then I'd be more interested. But as it is they seem to feel they can be anti-war, anti-occupation, anti-marketisation, anti-privatisation but pro-coronation.
If Gordon is only required to make accommodations with the rump of the Blairites (should that be kiss ass?) then he will move to the right and not to the left as promised between all the lines. There MUST be someone pro-peace and essentially socialist on the ballot paper for leader, just as I suggested after the Great Leader's conference speech in Manchester.
If Compass don't translate their fine words on such matters into serious deeds they will have failed completely.
5 comments:
Chris,
Never mind Compass - what about Meacher?
See: reclaimlabour.blogspot.com
Yes. I've seen that. I was told by a Respect person at asylum Xmas party that MM was running. I said he should not as he had been pro war and is a big rentier. Trot said "but he was taken in by Blair". I said "you'd have to be a complete fool to be taken in by that pile of crap" (meaning the dossier) "we don't need a fool like that for leader". And Trot claimed MM had reached an accommodation with JMcD so that both were happy and was now doing the right thing. But it sounds like he is still planning a tilt for leader but allowing J to stand for DL.
Chris nice lefties. No, I thought we agreed to call them compass trots! Also MM, has no chance. In a labour party that has shifted to the right in order to get elected, being called, 'Tony Benn's vicar on earth', will not do you any favours.
Now if it were "Hilary Benn's vicar on earth" there might be some chance as far as you soft Compass trots are concerned? BTW Tony Benn is his own representative on earth and would likely object to having vicars appointed to represent him!
Well he is a Christian socialist so probs wouldn't mind too much. Hilary Benn is too Blairite for the compass trots. By the way I'm not a compass trot as such. They are not authoritarian enough for me.
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