Wow, the UK might actually have a vaguely leftish prime minister by July I gather. For the first time since I moved here in 2006... (I am unsure whether to count Gordon Brown really.)
It will probably be another disappointment. (Burnham is not actually close to my version of left wing, and any PM will be hampered by the structures built up to protect the rich & powerful.)
Has there been a properly left wing PM since Atlee? I am unconvinced. We still reap the rewards of left wing leadership from over three quarters of a century ago. Despite decades of work to erode those gains. That's the power of truly socialist policy, it sticks because it is just so fucking obviously good. That makes it really hard to take away... though through decades of pressure and erosion they are doing their best to destroy these things.
Yvan
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