#far-left

2024 UK general election: choosing the Right or the Left.

The Left and the Right are two ideologies that recognise the importance of having elites. For the Right, some people are considered to have fewer rights than others: women, black people, workers, etc. The elite is composed of Oxbridge. The people have to sacrifice on their housing, health and education to give to the elites. The Right take advice from the richest. For the Left, elites are appreciated but the people are not asked to sacrifice for the elites. The elites are there to inform the people and help them to do better.

For the Right, everyone has to support their leader and repeat their ideas. That’s Rishi Sunak’s or Nigel Farage’s programme. For the Left, a plurality of opinions and strong debate are expressed.

Poverty in the UK has escalated since 2011 to reach 19% of the population. The cost of leaving has increased exponentially up to 12% per year. Energy has increased by 19% since 2022, rent 69% and food 40%.

Cost of living statistics UK: 2024 – Finder: https://www.finder.com/uk/banking/cost-of-living-statistics

Meanwhile, since 2017, tax havens have increased (to avoid paying tax). The UK rich people are getting richer. The top 10 billionaires in the UK are three times richer than 15 years ago. With the Tories in power during Brexit, work standards have been lowered (security, social and environmental measures) to the profit of the owners who became even richer. The Tories signed free trade agreements with developing countries with low security social an environmental standards creating an unfair competition with the UK workers. The British producers can hardly sell in those countries. Those free trades only benefit the owners of the factory there.

The UK’S Rich Are Getting Richer – Statista: https://www.statista.com/chart/amp/27505/uks-richest-are-getting-richer/

Deregulation and standards after Brexit – what Naomi Klein’s ‘disaster capitalism’ can tell us – City University of London: https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2019/10/deregulation-and-standards-after-brexit-what-naomi-kleins-disaster-capitalism-can-tell-us

Trade deals: What has the UK done since Brexit? – BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47213842

In the past, when the left has rallied, it has benefited the country: the population has increased its standard of living without sacrificing public spending or the performance of its economy. Let’s remember the spirit of 1945 and the New Labour in 1997. In 1945 was created public service of steal, health (NHS), rail and energy. In 1997 the left multiplied by four the budget for public health, reduced youth unemployment by 75%, they doubled the budget of public education, they introduced the minimum wage, 2 million people have been helped out of poverty. From 1997 to 2007, there were ten years of consecutive growth. The Labour of 2024 has the same ambition as the one in 1945 when they want to restore public services of energy and rail.

The Spirit of ’45 – Ken Loach – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_%2745

Labour governments’ achievements – Shrewsbury Labour Party: https://www.shrewsburylabour.org.uk/labours-top-50-achievements/

What’s more, the stock market did better when the Left was in power. The ones who suffered were the ultra-rich who had ill-gotten gains (tax breaks, tax reductions, etc). The ultra-rich don’t need the poor to struggle to benefit from their wealth. The Left isn’t milking them for all they’re worth, it’s just asking them to contribute their fair share. The economic crises have occurred when the Right was in charge : 1982 (Margaret Thatcher), 2019 (Boris Johnson). The Right didn’t deal with Covid very well: they didn’t stop economy soon enough and had many death. They gave the money borrowed to support the economy to the ultra-rich.

Early 1980s recession – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_1980s_recession

UK swiftly exits its third recession in 16 years – Resolution Foundation: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/press-releases/uk-swiftly-exits-its-third-recession-in-16-years/

Labour is right: billions were lost to Covid fraud, and the public deserve a reckoning – The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/11/labour-billions-covid-fraud-pandemic

COVID, CONTRACTS, AND CONFLICT: THE YEAR CORRUPTION TOOK CENTRE STAGE – Transparency International UK: https://transparency.org.uk/COVID-contracts-conflict-2020-2021-year-corruption-took-centre-stage

The neo-liberals and the identitarians point to the bad guys; they target the foreigners, the “lazy” or the misfits. They give priority to the ultra-rich, who have more rights than others.

A very strong and very democratic state is needed to protect the workers against unfair competition from badly-treated foreigners and against the social and environmental dumping of foreign products. The people need to be richer so that they can buy quality goods and have quality public services (health, pensions, education, etc.). This wealth has been captured by the ultra-rich, not by immigrants or ‘idlers’. Britain is rich but inequalities are high.

Believing that the solution to the problem is to attack the poor, the disabled, the people of colour, etc. by treating them badly (inadequate pay, fewer rights) hurts the whole system: old diseases like cholera re-emerge, poorer working conditions are accepted, and so on.

Many people are angry and worried about their livelihoods, their health, their children’s education and so on. Providing public services for everyone everywhere will be very expensive. Neoliberals are asking the poor to have less (by cutting pensions and public services) because they think they don’t deserve enough. The identitarian right-wing is calling for the poor to be made to pay. The right is diverting people’s anger away from the bourgeoisie. The Left is calling for the ultra-rich to pay the price of these reforms, but they will still be very rich. To restore prosperity to the people, taxing capital and controlling prices is the way to go.

Even then, the laws passed by the House of Commons must not be blocked by the House of Lords, which is not elected by the people and is not a power check serving the people.

It’s a shame that the Brits don’t have the right to a referendum on popular initiative and that the only way to express themselves is by electing representatives!

10 Labour policies to change Britain Under the Tories, the NHS waiting list has tripled, and drastic action needs to be taken to get patients seen and receiving the care they need. 10 Labour policies to change Britain: https://labour.org.uk/updates/stories/10-labour-policies-to-change-britain/

WATCH LIVE: Keir Starmer launches Labour’s manifesto. – Labour Party: https://youtu.be/gyna0dYUUSI?t=2061

Labour’s fiscal plan – Labour Party: https://labour.org.uk/change/labours-fiscal-plan/

Kickstart economic growth – Labour Party: https://labour.org.uk/change/kickstart-economic-growth/

Expert economists back Labour’s plan to end economic stagnation in UK – The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/19/labour-plan-end-economic-stagnation-uk-economists

Woman who pulled out 12 teeth with pliers says government failing on NHS dentistry – ITV News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdWonwyrNiY

Genesis – Selling England By The Pound (Full Album Remastered) With Lyrics: https://youtu.be/GEE3T35C7Y8?si=fCicsBgsqtLVm850

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It’s never enough for people like Kaepernick who hate America and their way of life.

I’m seeing people like this in my country, too. They want to destroy western civilization bit by bit and replace it with cancerous socialism which leads to dictators like Hitler, Stalin, or Mao.

A long time ago, I used to be part of a far-left organisation that shall remain nameless for personal security reasons. I believed, for the longest time, that you had to be left of centre as a gay man. Otherwise, you were betraying your cause. There were a series of events that led me to realise this was untrue.

At a particular meeting after the infamous Ferguson Riots, we had one specific member make some somewhat off colour comments about white people and those who have "sold out", presumably people of colour who do not share the "correct" opinions. The usual plans were made to protest outside of a business that was owned by one of these people. I disagreed, but I appeared to be alone, so the plans went on without me.

A few weeks had passed, I was very active on Twitter at the time; I had been given several informative lectures by fellow members about how to react to specific comments so that I can help others in their struggle. I became a socialist believing that capitalist societies lacked the heart to take care of their citizens and that immigrants are just as important if not more important than the citizens of our nation. Other members were farther left than I was but I did not mind at this particular point in time because I saw it as a fight for equal rights.

In May of that same year, same-sex marriage was passed in Minnesota, and we were elated that something we had been marching and protesting for was finally legalised. The issue swiftly turned to the transgender bathroom rights issue, which was also something I believed at the time to be about equal rights and nothing else. We compared it to the notorious "gay wedding cake" controversy; I saw it as an insult that a baker refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, after all, they were paying customers.  I saw the baker as stuck in their old-fashioned ways and deserving of the criticism which followed. I was offended that this could occur in such western society.

Now, after that appeared to have settled down, one of our high ranking members who was a person of colour voiced her displeasure about white people and how they have made her life very difficult. Naturally, at the time I believed her at face value. I had no experience similar to this being a white person myself, so I had no particular reason to be sceptical or not believe her. She then decided that all of the white people and especially white men should leave the room so that the people of colour can have an honest discussion about race. I saw no problem with this; if she felt we were impeding their conversation, it's their right to have it without us.

About ten days letter I had received a letter in the mail detailing at length why I would no longer be accepted, attached were screenshots of some of my tweets and a lengthy list of microaggressions that I had evidently committed. I was horrified because I thought that I could not do such a thing. At the bottom of this letter was an addendum that if I would like an explanation I had to send a $50 cheque to the offended person. After I had scoured the screenshots, checking my language against style manuals and polite and inclusive language guides. I was baffled at how this may have offended.

I spoke with some of my friends about this; they were concerned and baffled. They talked to me about this had disturbing similarities with cult-like behaviour and that I should leave. I informed them that I was expelled from the group and I would not be permitted to return. I had assumed that was the end of that and went to bed after taking my emergency antianxiety medications.

The next morning I woke up to a barrage of angry phone calls, tweets, text messages and emails. It seems that there were more screenshots, my twitter account was hacked and I was smeared. My professor had been called, and I was accused of some rather odious crimes. Additionally, my address, telephone number, and credit card information had been made publically available. My cell phone number is unlisted, so this was confusing. I never gave any members that, I had a specific VoIP number for this purpose. Nevertheless, my data was released.

I was genuinely outraged at this; I found it disgusting and a somewhat immature move on their part. I hired a lawyer to get my information taken down; I changed my telephone number, I cancelled my bank card and received a new one. I had filed a lawsuit against the group for slander and libel.

Now begins my disillusionment with the left as a whole. Such actions were justified by my former peers; it was just to fight against your oppressors by legally and sometimes less than legally accepted means. I had no qualms about this when I was not on the receiving end, as I felt they were in the wrong beyond a shadow of a doubt. Now that I was on the other end of the gun as it were I was disturbed.

Gradually over time, after many months of feeling like I had no place on the political spectrum. I began reading literature on the other end of the aisle. I found that much to my horror at the time, I agreed with a lot of what I learned. I was a conservative, right of centre, republican. Of course, I saw this as severe cognitive dissonance; you can't be gay and be right-wing. Surely you must choose between one or the other.

I found my new conservative peers to be more accepting of my identity than my liberal and far-left peers; this was quite surprising as I had always seen left-wing synonymous with acceptance and right-wing as bigotry. I learned that this was not the case, the right-wing was about capitalism, protection of rights, the free market, security of the nation and borders, sensible immigration, and relaxed restrictions for labour and the economy in general. They explained in great detail how this would make it easier for employers to hire new workers. They demonstrated how reasonable taxation or even no taxation at all would make a healthier economy. They described how you could not tax a nation out of debt, but you should curb expenditure and unnecessary spending.

I had changed my Facebook information to reflect my newfound outlook; this caused some controversy among my friends. They were confused, outraged, and bewildered. How could their gay, liberal, and progressive friend turn the other way? The simple answer is that I no longer felt welcome by the far-left especially but more accurately the left as a whole. I disagreed with many of their positions on economics and many practical issues. I just fit in with one more than the other.