Connecting with previous struggles by working people, The Labour Party was formed as recently as 1900. They were first in power in a hung parliament headed by Ramsay MacDonald in 1923. Then in 1945 - straight after World War II - The Labour Party stormed to victory under Clement Attlee. The next opportunity to rule came under Harold Wilson in 1964 who passed the baton to James Callaghan. Next came Tony Blair in 1997 who gave way to Gordon Brown.
The current leader of Labour is Sir Keir Starmer who will surely become the seventh Labour prime minister with a stonking majority - bigger than any enjoyed by his predecessors.
I suppose that Labour's core values align most closely with those of The Democrats in The United States - whereas Conservative politics echo those of The Republicans. Confusingly, red is Labour's colour and blue belongs to The Conservatives.
Since I was eighteen, I have voted in every election I was entitled to participate in and every single time I have voted Labour. No tactical voting for me - it's always Labour. I vote from the heart.
Some people claim that politicians are all the same and they never do anything anyway but those braying donkey voices are wrong. If you look back through Labour's record when in power, you will see that they have achieved many great things on behalf of the working people of this country and in the name of justice. See some history.
Keir Starmer has a talented team of Labour politicians around him and together they will do their best to make amends for the past fourteen years when life in Britain for ordinary families has become much more difficult. It won't be easy - that's for sure and change will not come about easily. The Tories have ruined a lot of things - some of them almost irreparable. You may say that they are handing over a poisoned chalice.
Meaningful change will prove challenging and I am sure that The Labour Party are about to drive down a bumpy road with many twists and turns. We must be patient but as far as Thursday is concerned :-
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