Owen Jones: If Labour does not stand up for people, Unions will

 

An article published on The Guardian today catches out attention. The title is pretty suggestive. Is The Guardian seems to indicating that the Labour Party and the trade unions will part company?

Sometime ago, a high ranking Liberal Democrat, Vince Cable, proposed the creation of a new political force that would unite Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians. The talk about cooperation in terms of voting strategies in recent by-elections also suggest that something is cooking.

Vince Cable, like many other Liberal Democrat politicians are closer to the City than they are to the Trade Union Movement, and Keir Starmer seem to have turned farther right than his predecessors. In fact, getting rid of Jeremy Corbyn was part of the strateg, but all might no be what it seems. The Labour Party is split from the very top and The Guardian's suggestion that 'Labour's hostile posture to a newly assertive trade union movement could prove a costly error'. It is not a secret that Trade Union that finance several Labour MPs and that certain guidelines have been adopted in term of withdrawing financial support for those who do not support the Trade Union Movement as much as the Trade Union Movement wants to be supported. Even David Lammy came out saying that 'he does not support strikes'. Labour's stances are a double edged sword that can hurt its aspirations.

The Leadership of the Labour Party knows fairly well that the present troubles are not really caused by economic policies implemented by the Conservative Party. They know that there are geopolitical issues that are accelerating inflation and leading to industrial unrest, unrest that would exist one way or another under a Conservative government or a Labour government, issues that would undermine any administratoion regardless of political orientation.

By-elections are by-elections, won one day and lost the next. Some Conservatives are not happy with a government that they think is 'not Conservative enough'. They might prefer to stick to the old ways, talking about lower taxes, a smaller state, and so forth. Do we favour the use of more fossil fuels or do we favour the environment with less use of fossil fuels? Energy costs are going up and will continue to go up, pushing prices up and leading to an effective devaluation of the Pound. If you can buy less with your Pound, then this is in fact devaluation of the Pound or you can call it also 'a salary reduction'. Nominally, you might have the same number of Pounds, but due to inflation you will only be able to buy less with your money. 

London: stabbing capital of the world?

London Stabbing Capital of the World?

David Lammy MP for Tottenham

Another day, another senseless killing with knives. But you will always have individuals like David Lammy MP and Diane Abbott MP opposing 'stop and search' operations. The irony is that most of those getting killed by black attackers are black people themselves and 'stop and search' would have done a lot to save the lives of black people and the victims are getting younger and younger. Before, most cases involved people older than 25 years of age. Now, we are seeing teenagers slaughtered on their way home from school.

This year London has broken a very negative record in terms of lives lost because of stabbings and shootings. The story reported by SKY NEWS today is not actual news. We know what is happening. All those involved in the killing of young boy were armed with knives. They are not afraid of carrying knives because they are protected by individuals like David Lammy and Diane Abbott. The irony is, once again, that those carrying knives might themselves end up bleeding to death in some alley because there is a state of war.

Political Correctness kills. I fully support the Death Penalty. We must cleanse the streets of Britain. We cannot go on playing with fire. When jails don't work, the electric chair, hanging or a gas chamber will do the job. Graphic images of executions must be publicised with the message 'if you engage in crime, this will happen to you'.