The Sun Says: Labour’s lost it (Socialist Nanny State Failure)

The UK Sun ^ | September 29, 2009 | The Editors

[2ndDivisionVet]

TWELVE_years ago, Britain was crying out for change from a divided, exhausted Government. Today we are there again.

In 1997, "New" Labour, shorn of its destructive hard-Left doctrines and with an energetic and charismatic leader, seemed the answer. Tony Blair said things could only get better, and few doubted him. But did they get better? Well, you could point to investment in schools and shorter hospital waiting lists and say yes, some things did - a little.

But the real story of the Labour years is one of under-achievement, rank failure and a vast expansion of wasteful government interference in everyone's lives.

Nobody can doubt the dedication of Gordon Brown - or the love and loyalty of his wife Sarah, who delivered a moving plea on his behalf yesterday.

But nor can they disguise the failures of Labour in Government over the last 12 years, many of them embarrassingly laid bare by the PM's own words yesterday.

Britain feels broken . . . and the Government is out of excuses.

Blair took office with bulging coffers, an invincible majority and weak opposition, and he and Gordon Brown could have worked miracles.

But they FAILED on law and order, their mantra "tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime" becoming a national joke. Knife murders are soaring. Smirking criminals routinely walk free in the name of political_correctness, while decent people live in a virtual police state of snooping cameras and petty officials empowered to spy and to punish.

Labour FAILED on schools. Yes, facilities improved - but four in 10 kids leave those shiny classrooms still unable to read, write or add up properly. We are plummeting down international league tables for maths and literacy, but every year "grade inflation" ensures record GCSE and A-level passes to fuel Government propaganda.(continued)

[2ndDivisionVet]

Why is their average writer better than most of our top-notch ones?

[Earthdweller]

"Why is their average writer better than most of our top-notch ones?"

I believe it's natural to write the way you speak.

[jeltz25]

Labour FAILED on immigration, opening our borders without any regard to the consequences. Illegal migrants and bogus asylum seekers poured in.

Unfortunately, so did the GOP the past 8 yrs. Control of the borders MUST be a key part of any 2012 GOP platform.

[eyedigress]

“Labour” doesn’t exist without Marketing, Product, Skill, Reputation. Just where in the hell do they think that comes from. Stupid people who bitch about this need to go away.

[agere_contra]

“Labour” is the name of the political party currently in power in the UK.

[knighthawk]

And Obama is now implementing those things failed things in the US...

[Tamzee]

WELL DONE to The Sun!!!

They didn’t just “endorse” the conservative, they totally decimated the whole left!

They also put a couple of terrific videos embedded in their editorial showing The Sun going “blue”, one where their industrial site begins blowing blue smoke, the other where they lit their entire headquarters with blue lights and in huge letters put on the side of the building that they were BLUE.

Awesome.

[Night Hides Not]

Thanks for posting. There's plenty of grist in there for Democrats and Republicans.

I see this editorial as an affirmation of the Tea Party protests throughout the US. The biggest problem facing this nation is the lack of political and moral courage inside the Beltway.

"Washingtonians" come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and have an "R" or a "D" after their names.

I believe that our allies are waking up to the fact that Obama can't be relied on if and when the fecal matter hits the fan. The straw that will break the camel's back will come from Afghanistan, when Obama gives McChrystal a thumbs down.