The best the masses have ever had it in this country was under New Labour.
Labour doesn’t need a radical purpose in 2023, or even since the 1980s. They just need to not be the Conservatives. Working class wages have sky rocketed since the 80s. Where, back in history, a builder, joiner, plasterer, plumber, upholsterer etc. would struggle to survive on a meagre wage, they now earn well above the average wage in this country… three/four times as much in some cases.
These people do not need a radical Labour Party. They need an ambitious thinking Labour Party who have a different outlook in a capitalist world to what it did in the 1800s. Gas fitters or mechanics earning £80k/year are still working class. But they are MDs of their own businesses and are a big part of capitalism.
I don’t know why people describe New Labour in a negative light. A New Labour govt would be brilliant compared to what we’ve had since 2010. And we need to get behind it otherwise we will be stuck with these Tories.
Could Labour be better, yes. But City could be better n’all, in every aspect, despite being the most successful team and football, even sports, business in the world in the last dozen years? Yes.