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The Labour party is not leftist in anyway. If anything it is right of centre. The socialist left ages ago and formed the "Socialist Labour Party" with Arthur Scargill as it head. The Labour party is also not predominately funded by the unions. The majority of its money comes from business. With the head of Sainsburys, Lord Sainsbury, being a major donator and also active Labour party member. --[[User:EllisUSA|EllisUSA]] 18:21, 16 August 2008 (EDT)
The Labour party is not leftist in anyway. If anything it is right of centre. The socialist left ages ago and formed the "Socialist Labour Party" with Arthur Scargill as it head. The Labour party is also not predominately funded by the unions. The majority of its money comes from business. With the head of Sainsburys, Lord Sainsbury, being a major donator and also active Labour party member. --[[User:EllisUSA|EllisUSA]] 18:21, 16 August 2008 (EDT)
:[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aShmMBdXQ.7M&refer=uk This Bloomberg article] disagrees - two thirds of Labour Party funding comes from unions. The labour party was founded on leftist values, and continues to be a left-leaning party. The [http://www.labour.org.uk/minimumwage Labour party website] proudly displays the minimum wage anniversary - the whole page. If you look at the links at the bottom of the page, you will see links to "Affiliated Trades Unions" and "Affiliated Socialist Societies". Its international affiliation is with Socialist International, which [http://www.labour.org.uk/the_socialist_international_and_socialist_international_women this section of the Labour party site] describes as "the worldwide organisation of social democratic, socialist and labour parties." - I think we can safely label the Labour party as "leftist". [[User:ChrisSmith|ChrisSmith]] 18:35, 18 August 2008 (EDT)
:[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aShmMBdXQ.7M&refer=uk This Bloomberg article] disagrees - two thirds of Labour Party funding comes from unions. The labour party was founded on leftist values, and continues to be a left-leaning party. The [http://www.labour.org.uk/minimumwage Labour party website] proudly displays the minimum wage anniversary - the whole page. If you look at the links at the bottom of the page, you will see links to "Affiliated Trades Unions" and "Affiliated Socialist Societies". Its international affiliation is with Socialist International, which [http://www.labour.org.uk/the_socialist_international_and_socialist_international_women this section of the Labour party site] describes as "the worldwide organisation of social democratic, socialist and labour parties." - I think we can safely label the Labour party as "leftist". [[User:ChrisSmith|ChrisSmith]] 18:35, 18 August 2008 (EDT)
They are not Leftist. Unions are also tied into the Conservates, does that make the Conservatives leftists? The socialists left the Labour party ages ago and formed the Socialist Labour party. all parties court the unions as unions are bulk votes. The last real union guy John Prescott stepped down as the deputy primeminister last year and it still a minister but will be leaving at the next election.
The whole reason they remarked themselves and changed their direction was due to them realising to win an election they had to be honest Conservatives as the Conservative Party in the UK had two of its members in prision and tons of sleaze allegations against them.
--[[User:EllisUSA|EllisUSA]] 20:16, 19 August 2008 (EDT)