If, as is likely, Cameron's Tories win a landslide, what should the Opposition stand for?

Question

It was only in 1997 that we could finally exorcise the horror of Thatcher's famous phrase "There Is No Alternative". With Labour going down the pan, seemingly completely bereft of vision or principle: http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmjzSjtvJKEc8gizx3DbYzcgBgx.;_ylv=3?qid=20080811014639AAiv9Wk, LibDems likewise, does that leave us with the BNP to show us the future in England after Cameron? (Scotland grabbing Independence and Wales grabbing sheep)

What is the alternative?

Answer 1

Hopefully  (future) ex-new labour traitors will commit suicide....

Answer 2

To answer the comment you left on your other question.

There isn't any alternative at the moment. I wish there was a mass, left-wing party in Britain to put forward the case for an alternative - but as you say realistically the Greens, Respect, Socialist Party, et al can at best get a decent showing in elections. There is no electoral choice.

That is why some people are voting parties like the BNP as a protest vote.

We can't just wish an opposition into existence. What it should stand for is renationalisation of the utilities, rail and buses that were taken out of public ownership by the Tories under Thatcher. A decent, living minimum wage. To rebuild the NHS with public money, free at the point of need and to nationalise the pharmaceutical industry who profits from illness. To end Academy schools and invest in good quality, comprehensive education for all. For MPs and elected representatives on the average wage of those they represent . . .

Unfortunately, such a radical alternative doesn't exist - but there are  signs that a fightback is beginning to happen. Community campaigns, such as Huddersfield Save Our Services (source 4) and a firefighter in Gloucester have got very respectable results in elections. (source 2,3) In Walsall, the Democratic Labour Party have got positions in the local council.

People are sick and tired of New Labour. If there was a genuine alternative to the Tories, backed by the trade unions, then I think people would sit up and take notice. It is up to people in the union movement to get rid of leaders like Dave Prentis of UNISON and to encourage those still in the left of New Labour (John McDonnell and the LRC) to leave and get behind a new political formation. The Left Party in Germany (Die Linke) was formed by Oskar Lafontaine (former chancellor) - his high profile defection helped galvanise support for the new party. It is currently posing a real alternative for Germany, which is what we need here - though it is not yet in a position to win, it has 53 representatives in their chamber of deputies. (source 1)

The point of the German example is that a new party could grow rapidly (Die Linke is only a couple of years old). I know this is only the start of a new party in Britain at this stage, but we have to start from where we are.

Answer 3

The Green Party.  Which the Tories have tried to steal lately.

Answer 4

We could just blow up Parliament and start over,Oops already been tried and that didn't go to well for that GUY.haha.

Answer 5

Someone should actually represent the average person for a change.  How about a party that really do know what it's like to be working class and be constantly raped by the government for your few precious pounds that you've gotten through hours and hours and hours of demeaning, pointless work?  Or how about a party that understand that the UK doesn't end at the M25 and people actually live in rural areas and stuff?

Answer 6

stand for the National Anthem! new labour will probably revert to old labour and the lib dems will be busy trying to come up with policies which will get them elected in the future.

Answer 7

The bnp is NEVER the answer.