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If nothing else, given that he is likely to be our next PM, at least his attitude towards the NHS isn't Thatcherite. Sleeping on hospital floors and relying on the care of NHS staff for 7 years has given him a slightly different perspective on it it seems.
I'll probably regret saying this, and feel free to make me eat these words when Britain is suffering under the Tory boot...but...there's a large part of me hoping the labour party gets a bloody good kicking at the next general. I am a member, and a labour councillor and I am ashamed of the party I represent. I can no longer look people in the eye and give them a good reason to vote for us. "Not as bad as the Tories would be" isn't enough. We sold the dream for some sparklies and shinies. I still believe in the Labour movement. But the Labour Party has abandoned its historic mission and decoupled itself from its historic mission. We have lost our moorings, lost our soul. We do not deserve to win another term. I wouldn't vote for us.
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