Republican Socialists

I want to begin with a nursery rhyme which sums up the character of the present political stage we are living through. All the kings horses and all the kings men couldnt put Humpty back together again. This is in original a civil war story about the royalist army having a very big cannon - called Humpty Dumpty - sitting on a wall before being knock... ed out by the parliamentary forces, such that all the kings horses and kings men couldnt fix it. Something is busted beyond repair. I am going to discuss the Report of Labour Together the 2019 Election Review (RLT) (1). We are discussing the situation before Covid 19 or Black Lives Matter. These are the immediate issues at the front of our minds today. Why go back over the ancient history of a Labour defeat best forgotten? The answer is we can learn a considerable amount about the state of peoples views or political consciousness, as expressed through Englands two-party system, and revealed in their voting behaviour in December 2019. This moment was a mass event with millions of participants and therefore worthy of critical analysis. The Report is a subsection of the electorate based on the views of academics, Labour politicians and thousands of rank and file party members. They bring their own worldview with which to make up the report. The Labour Party is divided between its liberal and socialist wings. Without doubt the interests of both factions cast a shadow over the report and over who should get the blame. Therefore it is important to approach the report as republican socialists who are dealing with the same (or similar) political realities from a different angle. I am going to concentrate on Part 1 the Historic Defeat and explore that idea. I am interested at this point in the strategic framework in Part1 and not the skill and organisation of the actual election campaign in Part 2 or indeed the The Way Ahead Part 3, which should be called The Dead End. This Election was no ordinary defeat for Labour says Tony Blair, It marks a moment in history. The choice ...Read More