No,that's only in your prejudiced mind.McDonnell and Corbyn are long-time democratic socialists of the Denis Skinner type.. Of the left sure,but miles apart from Trotskyist entryists. Out of interest,what do you think a Trotskyist is?

In any event,it doesn't undermine my point about "left- wingness" of differing manifestos.

Your comments about Foot,for example,simply betray your adoption of prejudice over knowledge:

“We spent the morning discussing Michael’s role at Tribune, guiding the journal’s policy toward endorsing the creation of NATO and establishing an anti-Communist stance earlier than most other leftwing publications. George Orwell had become a welcome figure to the staff at Tribune, even though readers protested: “Why do you take after the Russians all the time? We’re still allies with them.” Part of Michael’s friendship with Ernest Bevin was founded on their staunchly anti-Communist views, strengthened by their dismay at what happened to Poland, Czechoslovakia and other Central European countries that became Soviet satellites shortly after the Yalta agreement.”
― Carl Rollyson, A Private Life of Michael Foot

Edited by legaleagle (14 Jun 2017 1.21pm)

I knew but thanks anyway. Knowledge shared is ignorance reduced.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I agree they are like the ridiculous Denis Skinner. What are Trotskyists? Those who think communism failed because mass-murderer Stalin was in control and that it would have worked wonderfully well under mass-murderer Trotsky. The Labour manifesto in 1945 was of its time of course, 'left wing' aspects of it were also in the Tory 1945 Manifesto "The health services of the country will be made available to all citizens. Everyone will contribute to the cost, and no one will be denied the attention, the treatment or the appliances he requires because he cannot afford them. We propose to create a comprehensive health service covering the whole range of medical treatment from the general practitioner to the specialist, and from the hospital to convalescence and rehabilitation; and to introduce legislation for this purpose in the new Parliament."

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]

Orwell had Michael Foot on his famous list of communist fellow-travellers!

Edited by hedgehog50 (14 Jun 2017 1.33pm)

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]

True....though any temporary distraction is welcome....it's a truly awful day.

Edited by Stirlingsays (14 Jun 2017 1.39pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

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See vote by education level. Not necessarily an accurate measure of intelligence, but certainly a proxy with some degree of correlation.