Sunder Katwala draws our attention to the chances of coalition and wonders if - at the very least - dialogue between interested and relevant parties mightn't almost be considered a duty, given the seriousness and gravity of the current economic crisis.
A wartime coalition for a war against oligopolistic capitalism and its noxious and clearly cyclical consequences?
I do wonder if we can really all pull together on this one.
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Further reading: Wikipedia on the history of dialogue
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The problem is twofold.
Firstly, Labour is effectively two parties and always has been. One is socialist, the other is capitalist.
One arm of Labour would find it easy to shack up with the Tories (and has done so) or the Lib Dems. The other has no natural allies in parliament.
Talk of coalition is code for the end of Labour. Objectively, in the long run, that has to happen either way - but it should happen on OUR terms not on the terms of leaders seeking a longer day in the sun.
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