This comes from an idea which is growing in popularity that the Eurozone/European Union has only advanced the interests of capitalists/special interests and that any European-wide organization such as them should be oriented toward benefiting the working class. So in actuality Greek leftists are for greater European integration, just not of the variety that would likely result given the current state of affairs.
You can count yourself a lucky boy W&B... it's only because I'm in a good mood that you don't owe me a new computer monitor. Watching a masterpiece like Beethoven's 9th fecked up like that usually means me putting my foot through the screen
Very interesting article: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/02/sin-and-unsinn/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1
They could form a coalition with UKIP. Would be interesting what would happen to the UK if Scotland does go Indy, as they'd take a lot of labour and some lib dem seats.
When you say a 'coalition', you realise UKIP has got zero MP's, right? Do you mean an electoral understanding for UKIP people NOT to stand? Can't see the point from tories POV to have an actual coalition. Easier just to adopt a more anti-euro stance and get the votes that way... which is what they're doing, of course.
Even though UKIP is getting a groundswell of support right now I don't see them winning that many seats next year to be influential. They will spilt the right wing vote which will lead to labour winning many marginal seats in my opinion. The Tories just need to co-opt their message and win their base back.
I meant after the general election, I imagine they will pick up a few in the next GE IMO, and I can imagine it won't produce an outright winner. Plus Ed Milliband just seems too strange to lead a country.
They are more populist than most, a lot of the labour intellectuals may well like the eu but a lot of the working class voters aren't that attached to it if you ask me. I just don't buy that they will only cause the Tories trouble.
UKIP are right-wing populists in rhetoric but in reality they are more right-wing pro-business, privatization, unchecked capitalist feed the rich take from the poor then the Tories! The labour working class base is upset that labour has become more conservative and turned to the right since 1997. But UKIP anti-euro platform, strident language on immigration appeals too the little englander of all strips Tories and labour hence the crossover appeal.
They will hurt the Tories far more than anyone else. http://www1.politicalbetting.com/in...y-votes-from-the-tories-as-it-is-from-labour/
I doubt Farage would form any agreement with Cameron. He can't stand him and thinks he's a social democrat, as do many of the defectors.
Indeed! It might be interesting after the next election with various leaders saying who they won't go into coalition with. I can't see Miliband being happy to work with Clegg, can you?
He will just ask clegg to stand down as leader because he has been discredited and cannot be an agent of change. Kinda what clegg did to brown after the 2010 GE.
Unlikely. UKIP ex Tory voters regularly poll as the least likely to change their vote. And even if they did, such a shift would jeopardise the considerable pro-EU Tory vote.
Call me Dave is caught between a rock and a hard place on that one and, as you say, why would anyone trust him? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15390884 2007: The European Commission proposes a replacement treaty, which comes to be known as the Lisbon Treaty. The Labour government says it is a different document, amending not overwriting existing treaties, and a referendum is not needed. Conservative leader David Cameron gives a "cast-iron guarantee" to hold a referendum on any treaty emerging from the Lisbon process if he becomes PM He's been wanting to have his cake and eat it for a long time now.