There's the rub
As I heard this on the radio this morning, I wondered when Labour actually ceased to be a left-winged political party. "Only skilled workers are allowed to stay permanently, after English language tests. The changes mean only high-skilled workers will be allowed to settle in the UK - temporary labour from inside the European Union will now fill low-skill vacancies". The language tests I can agree with, but "only skilled workers". Let's organise a brain drain in poor countries, why don't we. That'll do them good. And if we need some idiot to dig out another coalmine, we'll ask for some Belgians or Frogs.
Where are the days of that weekend in May, when I was helping out at the Labadoux festival? It was warm, the sun was out, people were drinking too much, there was folk music and in the UK Labour had just won the elections after what? 20 years of Tory ruling? 50 years? 100? Who can tell anymore.
I was psyched. I know, over foreign politics. So shoot me. I never said I was normal. For a while I had complete and utter trust in Labour. A Scottish and Welsh parliament, the Good Friday Agreement (which always bugged me, because I remember very clearly they did NOT agree on Good Friday, but a few days after and I was determined never to let that name stick), possible peace in Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam (sp?). And so on and so on.
So many years later (6? 7?), and Labour seem to have become the Tories.
When will Lib Dem have a chance at winning the election? It's the only chance for a possibly left-winged government in the UK...
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As I heard this on the radio this morning, I wondered when Labour actually ceased to be a left-winged political party. "Only skilled workers are allowed to stay permanently, after English language tests. The changes mean only high-skilled workers will be allowed to settle in the UK - temporary labour from inside the European Union will now fill low-skill vacancies". The language tests I can agree with, but "only skilled workers". Let's organise a brain drain in poor countries, why don't we. That'll do them good. And if we need some idiot to dig out another coalmine, we'll ask for some Belgians or Frogs.
Where are the days of that weekend in May, when I was helping out at the Labadoux festival? It was warm, the sun was out, people were drinking too much, there was folk music and in the UK Labour had just won the elections after what? 20 years of Tory ruling? 50 years? 100? Who can tell anymore.
I was psyched. I know, over foreign politics. So shoot me. I never said I was normal. For a while I had complete and utter trust in Labour. A Scottish and Welsh parliament, the Good Friday Agreement (which always bugged me, because I remember very clearly they did NOT agree on Good Friday, but a few days after and I was determined never to let that name stick), possible peace in Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam (sp?). And so on and so on.
So many years later (6? 7?), and Labour seem to have become the Tories.
When will Lib Dem have a chance at winning the election? It's the only chance for a possibly left-winged government in the UK...
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