Oh look, Soviet-style discussion of how to be a Movement of Progressives and Moderates
Tghid naghmlu swetxerts ghad-delegati?
The Labour Party is going to tie itself up into knots, discussing how to be a Movement of Progressives and Moderates.
All this banging on about how the party is now Progressive and Moderate begs the question: is this a tacit admission that so far Labour has been the party of Luddite extremists?
Of course, we know that’s the case. But now it seems that Labour has acknowledged it, too.
What Labour doesn’t know is that it takes more than discussions by delegati to take the moderate road in favour of change – it takes conviction.
And that’s a bit difficult for Malta’s most conservative electors, who vote Labour precisely because they hate and fear change.
from timesofmalta.com, this afternoon
PL motion to study why some did not have confidence in political system
A motion on the Labour Party’s project as the catalyst of a Movement of Progressives and Moderates is being moved by the party’s national executive for discussion and approval at the general conference.
In the motion, the PL acknowledges that there are moderates, progressives and people with liberal beliefs who, because of their roots, experiences and cultural orientation, were still not identifying with the PL.
The motion also says that for different reasons, which still have to be understood and addressed, there was a growing section of society that did not feel comfortable to be associated with a political party and was losing confidence in the political system, so much such that it considered marginal electoral preferences or not voting.
Debate on the motion, built on the vision of PL leader Joseph Muscat, would be the central point of the work of the general conference, the PL said.
“built on the vision of PL leader Joseph Muscat” – x’vizjoni dik, hej. Din bhal vizjoni li kellu dwar l-EU u l-iSvizzera fil-Mediterranan? Ahjar ma nghid xejn.
I thought the man was into hindsight, not vision.
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Someone once said, ‘give them enough rope——-‘. Three more years of rope just ‘hanging’ out there.
‘Three more’
just two my dear friend… time flies + that’s the time when most of the promises will be reached
Does anybody remember Sant harping on about “partit modern”
Deja vu, anyone?
Today, ‘progressive’ means how to progressively beef up national and supra-national governments so they can further rely on global corporations to write the laws by which to ensure that no taxed and regulated Tom, Dick and Harry can ever compete in their ‘free’ market. Just like the Soviets, free enterprise will soon mean being allowed to open a tobacconist corner shop and keep 10% of the profits. Unlike the Soviets, you’ll be further taxed the moment you spend it.
[Daphne – I thought you liked the Soviets. I must have been wrong.]
I particularly like the addition of ‘moderates’. It gives it the right sound-bite – Hey, we’re not all extreme centre-leftists, some of us are moderately verging on the right side of the centre-left.
Daphne,
It’s easy. The so called progressives (another name for radicals) are the diehard Labourites who are still within the party.
The Moderates are those who are not diehard enough to disconnect their brains. For this grave sin, many of them have been kicked out of the Labour Party. One of these moderates also made it to become the President of Malta.
The Liberals are those so called ‘opportunisti’ who may be interested to get closer to Labour, if they see that it stands a chance at getting into office.