tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post5763535790115391148..comments2023-10-21T16:25:58.899+01:00Comments on Three Score Years And Ten: Michael Foot : from "Suicide Note" to Salvation?Harry Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600933854461096745noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post-33151405030922867522011-09-19T15:26:22.286+01:002011-09-19T15:26:22.286+01:00In my small town we have lost another four men to ...In my small town we have lost another four men to coal mining, it brought back to me why I joined Labour and fought so hard, now I look at the Labour party and I see people like Blair, people like Miliband two idiots who would cry if they had to go down a mine or get the little pinkies dirty.<br /><br />I'd rather see twenty Micheal foots with arm patches on a donkey jacket then people who wear expensive suits and tell us socialism is dead, people like Blair Brown and Miliband.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186557603493331701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post-51139671783197825172011-09-01T13:12:41.727+01:002011-09-01T13:12:41.727+01:00Here is a comment received from Jon Williams -
T...Here is a comment received from Jon Williams - <br /><br />The more I read of the 1983 manifesto the more it astounds me how similar our circumstances are now and how we can use these ideas now. Basically a programme of public works... I agree we could replace Refounding Labour with the 1983 Manifesto - with one or two minor adjustments?<br /><br />For example see section "Emergency programme of action",<br /><br />“Launch a massive programme for expansion. We will:<br />• Provide a major increase in public investment, including transport, housing and energy conservation.<br />• Begin a huge programme of construction, so that we can start to build our way out of the slump.<br />• Halt the destruction of our social services and begin to rebuild them, by providing a substantial increase in resources.<br />• Increase investment in industry, especially in new technology - with public enterprise taking the lead. And we will steer new industry and jobs to the regions and the inner cities.<br />• Ensure that the pound is competitive; and hold back prices through action on VAT, rents, rates and fares.<br />• Introduce a crash programme of employment and training, with new job subsidies and allowances”<br /><br />Let’s hope the final Refounding Labour document published in September will recall Labour’s successful history of supporting the underprivileged members of our country by investing in the public and private sectors to kick start an economic recovery.<br /><br />JON WILLIAMS.Harry Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600933854461096745noreply@blogger.com