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UK Leftists Warnings
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Leftists didn't. Labour was left under Corbyn, but the right of the party undermined him and now run the country. Campaigning against immigration, cutting disability benefits over tax rises, preventing access to puberty blockers. Not providing a view on trans bathroom access after legal clarification that screwed rights. Nothing about them is economically or socially left wing.
Oh, and last 20 years have been under Tory rule minus 5 from 2005 to 2010 under a New Labour right leaning labour under Blair that Keir idolised.
I do agree the problem is autocrats though.
There hasn't been an actually leftist government in the UK since Harold Wilson. Each successive Labour Prime Minister has been more and more aligned with Tory principals than genuine left leaning Labour principals both economically and socially.
The closest we've had would be Jeremy Corbyn but the media barons and Blairite Labour members devoted huge amounts of time and money to sabotaging him.
The SNP's social platform could broadly be described as leftist and is certainly left of Westminster, the same could be said for Welsh Labour, but economically they're still tied to Tory-liteism.
Minor correction: Blair was from 1997 to 2007, which means if we're looking at the last 20 years, it's 2005–2007. Then he's replaced by Brown, also Labour, until 2010.
You're right. Thanks.