• NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    11 hours ago

    In a sense yeah. I didn’t expect such a leftwing move from Labor, since people on that part of the political spectrum tend to decry nationalization as commie shit that hinders the Invisible Hand of the Market™.

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      11 hours ago

      I’m lost now. Labour are economically left of centre (though arguably have been drifting more right) they’re all for nationalisation. It’s the conservatives (right of centre though moving further right recently and just a bit unhinged lately) that want everything privatised.

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        10 hours ago

        Labour are economically left of centre

        Nope. I mean, the current Labor government’s whole deal has been austerity and cutting social services.

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          Oh I see. Yes, maybe they’ve realised that getting seen like that isn’t helping, especially as they’ve been doing a lot to do with workers rights which clearly is going unnoticed if you think their “whole deal” has been cutting essential services and austerity. (though I’d argue that it’s not essential for people like my dad who’s on a final salary pension of about £35k plus his state pension to receive winter fuel allowance)