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The political compass gives a visual indication of the relative stances of various political ideologies, individuals and parties. It resolves uncertainty and thus has informational content. Graphs are used to depict qualitative data as well as quantitative - mathematicians do not have sole rights to their use.
Blair wanted 50% of people to go to university (a suspiciously round number) and so needed to find some way of paying for it.
I went to University with a full grant in the mid 80s. At that time University participation was around 10%, and had been pretty much the same since the late 60s.
At the time I went to Uni when working during the summer holidays I noticed there was a certain animosity towards students from what you would describe as "traditional Labour supporters", as we were given grants and didn't pay tax on our earnings.
The massive rise in house prices was, in my opinion, the great failure of New Labour as it caused a huge redistribution in wealth, which was not only undeserved but also often tax free.
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Art wins again!!! (But only because maths let it)
OK a few things:
Blair was seen by me and a lot of others as a *great* idea when he swept to power - and yes some of the things on his early agenda were great. However, it was just a front...
He let all of us with even the vaguest of socialist leaning down when he continued the dismantling of the education system with the tuition fees, his policies bent on "saving the NHS" had the opposite effect and the borrowing (admittedly some of which was due to the outgoing administration's screw ups) went stupid. As a result of this, and the fact he didn't keep a check on what the financial sector were up to - and he insisted on trusting that baboon Brown with the purse strings - we all ended up *worse* off. Couple that to dodgy dealings with the US and a war that he needs to stand trial for, he had to go. Brown was just a disaster - we would have done better putting Prescott up as a PM... and he can be an arse too.
So back to where we find ourselves now. The common working man does not align him or herself with the party of the working man, Labour, because of distrust, the media's demonisation of the Unions (thank that bitch Thatcher for that) and so your average working man has started voting Conservative because they *are better off* financially under them. Try explaining that its just short-termism and its just trickle-down bollocks they won't listen.
Corbyn is a good man. A VERY good man. Is he a leader...? Well, lets give him a chance to lead... and when we do, can we have unbiased reporting. Perfect example: trident vote... yes he voted differently to a large proportion of the rest of his party but he gave them free vote on the subject because he believes (rightly) it should be a vote of conscience. But no, the BBC et al reported it as a "crushing defeat"... he knew the vote wouldn't go his way, and it was just a Tory ruse to undermine him just before the recess (power games) because the decision had already been taken!!
As for him having a plan... well, yes he does. Look it up rather than bitching on here, repeating stuff you've seen on social media and in the gutter tabloids. Listen to the man - you may be surprised. He has been campaigning for a better world since before a lot of you were born...
<sits back and waits for the deluge>
When May has a 150 MP majority and the opposition roles have to be split between UKIP, the SNP and Labour I'll be laughing my tits off.
Cultisim....
I don't know why you're so worried though - he's nailed on to be re-elected leader and then we'll have all the time in the world to see just how good he is.
"dismantled the education system"?
"policies bent on "saving the NHS" had the opposite effect "
how can you believe that?
Corbyn is not a good man at all, he is a nasty piece of work, has no charisma, and is a shit leader.
You need at least 2 of those to change to win an election
He hasn't been campaigning for a better world, he's been protesting about things that are unchangeable, and proposing solutions that have already been proven to not work
The guy is an embarrassment and waste of space. A thicko who never grew out of being a (poor, heavily subsidized by hated tory governments) student.
which demonstrates he really hasn't got a clue on how to be tactful or diplomatic, and can only bellow into a megaphone at a rally.