Labour Party and socialism

David McWilliams (SBP, 26/08/07) falters whilst analysing the future of the Labour Party. Of course it is a party of the better-off - it is part of the European Social Democratic movement which grew from better-off workers - it is not at all socialist.

McWilliams starts with Karl Marx’s view of labour. However, he should have followed this through: if an Irish worker produces €800 worth of goods in a 40-hour week and ...