Despite positive thinking re-opening the topic, I can't help but mention that British workers are 5 times more likely to strike than American workers.
On a further note, speaking as a Labour Party member and officer, the Labour Party is the party for the trade unions and is representative of working class interests above all others. New Labour may have diluted this, but no-one can look at the Labour government and say that working class interests are better represented by another.
The idea that America is more working class focused is ridiculous. America has many, many positives and speaking as an American I really do appreciate many aspects of America. The US is more meritocratic, more prosperous and more open. But the idea that America is more socially and economically just is unjustifiable.
Personally speaking, as a socialist, that is a bad thing and something which should be changed.
