[lbo-talk] fight within Respect

[wrobert at uci.edu]

Out of curiosity, what has Respect managed to accomplish with this
electoral success?  In terms of shifting political debates or the
conditions of immigrant populations, etc.?   Robert Wood


> Lenin's Tomb wrote:
>
>> Of *course* it is.  How could it be otherwise?  What other small party
>> of
>> only three years old has established a raft of councillors,
>> parliamentary
>> representation and serious challenges to other parliamentary
>> constituencies?  This is only an electoral success, but it is one that
>> hasn't been repeated at least since 1945.
>
> That's pretty pathetic. I imagine that just about any small party in a
> parliamentary system can get a few people elected if they have name
> recognition.
>
> In any case, electoral politics is a dead end and waste of time, but
> everybody here knows my position on that subject. ;-)
>
> Chuck
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