31 March 2005

WHAT THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT FOR SOCIALISTS – 1

1. There is not a serious systemic choice among the major parties between capitalism and socialism at the next general election.

2. The choice is between capitalism managed by the Labour Party and capitalism managed by the Tories. Labour capitalism is not pleasant. But it is a lot better, not least because it is more egalitarian, than Tory capitalism.

3. There is no sign of a movement that holds even the faintest hope of starting a serious socialist challenge to Labour at the election that is not fatally tainted by its association with Leninist cretinism in one of its myriad forms.

4. If you are a socialist, vote Labour.

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