While I have no idea how old the various contributors to this thread are, I think it's worth mentioning that the last Labour government left office in 1979. Some seem more than ready to condemn the Labour party for various shameful matters that occurred between 1997 and 2010 but there is a distinction that needs to considered in any criticism of that administration.
Blair and his advisors distanced themselves from the Labour movement and actually changed the party name to reflect that prior to his first election victory. The upshot was that there was little discernible change in the country's political direction under a cabinet of pink tories. All true socialists who unite under the banner of the Labour, (not New Labour), movement have condemned Blair, (many at the time and a lot more since), for his actions on many issues and rightly so. The man is an embarrassment to the Labour movement and should be subject to criminal proceedings for war crimes.
The reason I mention this is that no-one under the age of 55 has lived as an adult in the UK under a real socialist government. (Assuming adulthood at 18yo). Those born in 1961 only reached the age of majority the year Thatcher came to power. Since 1979, this country has only known right-wing political direction through Thatcherism, tory-lite, and the miserable coalition arrangement between the tories and the laughable demo-rats, the party that sold their birthright for a taste of power.
Since the last election, full resumption of Thatcherism has been reinstated with renewed vigour and the division between the haves and the have-nots has grown and that is the No.1 item on the tory agenda before all else. Of course, it doesn't appear in written form.
The Labour party quickly realised their mistake in selecting the back-stabbing Jew and great friend of Israel, Miliband, as leader and after due consideration, found someone, never a member of the Blairite, New Labour group, Jeremy Corbyn, to lead the party.
That's where we are at today. Corbyn is in the difficult position of leading a party still sporting, (and hamstrung by), a bunch of professional politicians, ie, those who aspire to be MPs and don't care which party they represent - only pursuing the easiest constituencies and riding the likeliest horse. Those are the New Labour remnants or Blairites who are really right-wing but have lied their way to an election victory after posing as a Labour politician, aided and abetted by clever campaign management. If that sounds far-fetched, check out the voting records of some of those Blairite MPs. Socialists don't normally vote for tory policies! All of them would have been tory MPs but couldn't get a candidature as a tory. Some became LibDems or Greens. The strange breed who would be MPs would do anything, absolutely anything, to gain membership of the 'best club in London.'
Come Friday, we will know which side's propaganda has been the more convincing with regard to the EU matter but the UK government will still be tory. Ca-moron will still be Prime Minister but will be replaced fairly quickly should the 'Brexit' camp win the vote. If the country decides to support the 'Bremain' case, Ca-moron is vindicated and can prepare a cabinet reshuffle at his leisure.
As things stand, the country and all those 55 year-olds and younger will be unable to experience fair and decent government under a socialist administration until 2020, barring a major political crisis.
I wonder just how many of those who added their 2p-worth in the 'Brexit' thread have actually lived under a true Labour government yet would never consider voting for that party.....and how they came to that position.
Just food for thought from a 'beer' socialist!
Tom