Is the UKs Labour Party hurtling towards its own extinction?

Question

The Labour Party is £25,000,000 in debt. Since the cash for honours scandal its wealthy private donors have speedily jumped off the sinking ship and now they are once again 90% dependent on financial help from the unions. The party's membership roll is in free-fall as its disillusioned members abscond from the party in droves. The dark souled figure of Gordon Brown is proving to be a disastrous political leader and the party now seems bereft of any original policies. Every policy initiative recently announced by New Labour seems simply to be a hurried rehash or clone of an original Tory policy, e.g., raising the threshold on inheritance tax and introducing draconian welfare reforms.

Labour have already lost the next general election in 2010. New Labour seems to me to have become a rudderless and heartless neo-Conservative hulk that stands for nothing and believes in less than nothing.

With their financial and other forms of support waning could the Labour Party actually be heading towards political extinction as a political force in a manner similar to David Owen's SDP in the eighties?

Could the Labour Party actually cease to exist as an entity?

Answer 1

It is quite possible, the big problem is it's taking the country with it, it's latest gem is that anyone can be put on trial 'in private', with whoever THEY want as judge, and without a jury.  Yes Labour is finished, but they know that the Elite will take care of them, as they have done a wonderful job for the NWO, we the people as in America have very few God given Rights left and we flounder as a nation, we have no shipbuilding or heavy industry that once we were proud of, ie: Sheffield steel was the best in the world, our cars, Motorcycles, Ships etc where sold around the world, we had something in which we could hold our heads up about, we were British and proud of it.  So what happend?

Answer 2

Yes - they are going to get the at least 12 years in the wilderness that the Tories have experienced (assuming the Tories won't be in power till 2009 / 10).

Answer 3

No, and I hope that they're gone by tomorrow.

Answer 4

I really do hope so.

Answer 5

Yes, Gordon Brown is a man so self centered he forgets anything but his leadership of the country.

He is like a child with its favourite toy he will not let go.

The government is a total sham and needs replacing with another party, but who?.

It is time to get out of the EU, bring law and order back to our streets, ditch the Human Rights Act and get on with being british.

Answer 6

I want to buy some of this debt so I can call it in & make new labour extinct.

Can I claim it as a charity for the British people?

Answer 7

Simple answer : what goes around comes around.

Following the disgraceful handling of World War 1 by the Liberal party they have remained in isolation ever since.

Following the destruction of industry and privatisation of the public infrastructure of Britain by Thatcher and Major the Tories have remained in isolation.

It is now the turn of New Labour following the bombing of Belgrade, Bagdad and the invasion of Afganistan which has almost bankrupted the British economy.

What will happen at the next general election is anyone's guess, the lessons of the past should not be forgotten and none of the three major parties deserve the support of the electorate for their deception, lies and policy of plunging this country into wars which are not of our making or control.

Answer 8

Hopefully

People never learn where Labour are concerned - borrow, borrow and then borrow more AFTER selling off national reserves to bolster their foolhardy schemes.

Just the same as last time they were in power - now we are in trouble, we have no reserves for the times ahead.

Wilson jumped ship and left Callaghan to take the blame - Blair has done the same...

Answer 9

Yes please!

Answer 10

No

But there is much rethinking needed

It could try being the Labour Party!