Re:Abe Passes Controversial Bill Boosting Japan Surveillance...
by pmoriarty on Thursday June 15, 2017 @12:54PM
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"Are any of the major economies moving to the left?"
The recent UK election is a bit hopeful in this regard.
The Conservatives weren't beaten outright by Labour, but performed so poorly that one of the architects of their campaign "suggested the party changed its name to the Workers Party or Conservative Workers Party ... He told BBC Newsnight "And I think that we have to actually build our policies based on five pillars - we should be a real modern trade union movement for the British people - five pillars of workers' rights, workers' jobs and skills, workers' wages, workers' welfare and workers' services."
The recent UK election is a bit hopeful in this regard.
The Conservatives weren't beaten outright by Labour, but performed so poorly that one of the architects of their campaign "suggested the party changed its name to the Workers Party or Conservative Workers Party ... He told BBC Newsnight "And I think that we have to actually build our policies based on five pillars - we should be a real modern trade union movement for the British people - five pillars of workers' rights, workers' jobs and skills, workers' wages, workers' welfare and workers' services."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40277395