Equality is a cornerstone of left-wing values. The most basic difference between left and right is that the left care about people at the bottom, while the right care about people at the top. Now the UK Labour party has decided to abandon this core value:
The political left must stop "holding up egalitarianism as the ideal", Communities Secretary John Denham has told the Fabian Society think tank.That "different, more nuanced view" being one which allows City shysters to rake in million pound bonuses for ruining the economy and dodge their taxes while the poor and homeless starve.Basing fairness purely on "society's response to those in greatest need" risked being unpopular, he said.
He called for a "different, more nuanced view of fairness and equality".
This is the final act in New Labour's long betrayal. "Electability" has driven them into the arms of the rich. And they wonder why their traditional voting base has abandoned them, why they are sneered at and spat at in the streets? This is why.
