Austin Mitchell, in reference to candidates with links to Militant, "They are not there to peddle their own ideas that are different from ours". Also Austin Mitchell, "Militant is not being expelled for their policy views". Seems like Labour has had a long term issue with party democracy.
@anthonydiggle2926 Жыл бұрын
I thought Syd Little was on the panel until he was introduced as some guy called Peter Taaffe. 😀
@willduffay2207Ай бұрын
Kinnock was courageous in tackling Militant, and as a consequence we have a Labour government today.
@lamalama97175 күн бұрын
That's a bit of a long bow to draw, isn't it? Long time ago.
@LeighRichards27 Жыл бұрын
frank field (who pulled out of the debate) is and always was a tory
@mattdavies739811 ай бұрын
No, he wasn't. He was a Labour man. Militant were a bunch of entryist Trots.
@PERCYxyz2 ай бұрын
"was" 😉
@MrGoneTroppo11 ай бұрын
Even the Trots were well-dressed and intelligent back in the day
@Red-Revolution7084 ай бұрын
Well Trotsky’s writings were Socialist not Communist. He was from the party of the Soviet not the Bolsheviks, the Soviet’s joined the Bolshevik to form a government, a deal was done, because there wouldn’t been a government if the Soviet hadn’t joined, probably an going civil war.
@donny4855 Жыл бұрын
When left Labour backed the workers
@spartacusforlife15086 ай бұрын
I had many friends in the militant tendency, went to many militant meetings and was privy to watching them plan taking over constituency party's in Liverpool. I can honestly tell you this. Militant was a party within a party. It's plan was to take over Labour wherever it could and it would never have become as successful as it did without working under the umbrella of labour
@PERCYxyz5 ай бұрын
@@spartacusforlife1508 Labour has always had factions.
@fishjj764 ай бұрын
The workers seemed very happy to expel Millitant.
@haydoncooper37443 ай бұрын
Nothing has changed it has simply changed its clothes.
@jasonayres Жыл бұрын
3:30; Rodney Trotter's dad?
@AnonymousCaveman6 ай бұрын
Militant kept the party in a solid socialist direction... As soon as they were out... Labour took on neoliberal ideology
@1ramises5 ай бұрын
Of course lab won 3 elections under blair how many elections did your lot win !!?
@Myndir2 ай бұрын
That was when they started winning significant votes, right?
@markmower1746 Жыл бұрын
Thank God for Thatcher.
@leeshepherd651211 ай бұрын
she's dining with the devil
@Fane78 ай бұрын
She’s looking up at us 😄
@WorldNews92Ай бұрын
13:01 So out of touch: Not only was Austin Mitchell a committed Eurosceptic who supported withdrawal from the EEC and then the EU right to the end, but Liverpool, Militant's stronghold, turned out to be the strongest pro-EU part of the country.
@zeddeka14 күн бұрын
That's certainly not true about Liverpool being the strongest people EU part of the country. Liverpool didn't even make it into the top 20 areas. The top 5 most pro remain areas were Gibraltar, Lambeth, Hackney, Foyle and Harringay.