No he is not. He is very much new left. Old Labour, going back to the likes of Attlee and Bevin, then on to a few of their heirs, basically wanted to better the lives and opportunities of ordinary British (Attlee was a great patriot) people. The new left wants to pander to various racial and social minorities and pursue dogmatic economic ideas that have been shown repeatedly to fail.

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I'm not that fond of May.....But she's a million miles better than Cameron. The blue rinse voted 'pretty boy' in not me.

I was a Davis supporter.....that's someone with talent who finally has a position befitting his talent. He will get the best deal possible for this country. The 'supplicant' positions pushed by the left in regards to the EU in this country are nothing short of a joke. They are all codeword positions for rejecting the result and looking to stay in by a sort of admitted defeat....weak as feck and negotiators would make mince meat of them.

That could mean they are better off now, but not in 4-8 years time. Labour have targeted the Young and non-voters as they do every year. This year is different I feel, as the manifesto is targeting specific age groups.

Free tuition now, but when you do find work your tax rate could increase.

Taxes only going to increase on top 5% of earners not new entrants into the labour market.

Tried and tested economics suggests their policies will provide a stronger and more stable economy so in 4-8 many (not the few) will be better off. Cuts isn't what we need.

And yet real wages have fallen...

More facetious claptrap. I'd rather we used the labour resources available, increased productivity and provided safe and meaningful, well paid work.

Can you define real wages?

Since the Tories have been in power the average earnings has only dropped once.