I didn't know the recent Sam Tarry story or the Starmer intervention against shadow ministers appearing in picket lines (apparently the strike there wasn't illegal). The Guardian has an in-depth report and BBC tells about the anger from the unions. Yet, one should focus primarily on the expressed and concrete policies of the parties in relation to the state budget and social inequality, and I think that for example the Labour Manifesto does have more of a social dimension to it than the Conservative one of laissez-faire.
That’s interesting. What do you think Labour would do that the tories wouldn’t?
The very fact that Labour is not supporting the workers in the RMT dispute must give you pause for thought vis-à-vis their social and economic policies. Labour are as monetarist as the Conservatives. Labour discourage popular participation in power, just as the tories do. Both parties are authoritarian and nationalist. Both parties curry favour with big business. Neither party is interested in improving public services, or in halting deregulation.
Of course, Labour are scared that the press will present them as favouring sectorial interests over national interests if they support the unions.
