A couple of good posts here about the state of Labour in the UK.

http://chocolateandvodka.com/2015/07/21/labours-already-dead-but-who-killed-them/

http://simonnricketts.tumblr.com/post/124334692582/youre-already-dead

Labour's dead now and we probably have to suffer the full 13 years of Tory mis-rule.  So it's time for Labour to remember what it's actually about and to pull the Overton Window[1] to the left. They need to find some spine and create an opposition party that’s actually in opposition to the Tories.  Maybe real Left Socialism is unelectable in this part of the election cycle. But that doesn't mean the reasons for it and need for it have disappeared.

The Farage/Trump deal seems to be recognising that it doesn't matter if you get elected or not, if you can say what others dare not say and so pull the conversation your way. The Left should understand that they can play that game as well.

Meanwhile it's the SNP that are standing for 20th century, mixed social-democracy in the UK not Labour. If the current Tories are Blair-Lite[2], then current Labour is Blair-Lite-Lite. To the point where there's nothing there at all.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window
[2]Cameron vs Brown was described as Blair-Lite vs Thatcher-Lite
 Labour’s already dead, but who killed them? — Chocolate and Vodka »
Journalist Simon Ricketts wrote an excellent piece about Labour in which he argues that because there’s no real way that Labour can win the next election, they need to get a hold of the narrative and own it. They need to

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