The leadership choice that confronts the Labour partyLabour MPs have a momentous choice before them this week. It is not a choice between unity under Wilson and disunity under Gaitskell. Neither can give unity. It is a choice between alienating the Left or the good wing of the party.
In our view,there is no doubt which choice is more likely to sink the Labour Party’s electoral chances. whether its centre of gravity moves Leftwards, it will get further out of touch with the Britain of nowadays and it will lose voters to the Liberals by the shoal. whether it risks alienating the Left, and it will electorally speaking gain a probable advantage at nearly no risk at all – where could the disappointed left-wing voters effectively go?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com