okwithmydecay@leminal.space to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 24 hours agoIs the New Left Party Over Already?novaramedia.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down12
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minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·edit-24 hours agoIt was never really a left party, it was a left plus Islamic party, with the only real link between them being Gaza. The party tried to get a statement of support for LGBT rights and four of them refused to sign it, for fundamentalist Islam reasons. Religious conservatives are never going to be left wing. Look to the US… how many of their religion-focused politicians are left leaning? Almost none.
It was never really a left party, it was a left plus Islamic party, with the only real link between them being Gaza.
The party tried to get a statement of support for LGBT rights and four of them refused to sign it, for fundamentalist Islam reasons.
Religious conservatives are never going to be left wing. Look to the US… how many of their religion-focused politicians are left leaning? Almost none.