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Love socialism, rebuild Britain, transform Europe. What is not to like in this line-up?
NICK WRIGHT challenges the veracity of the new ‘Love Socialism’ group campaigning to ‘remain and reform’ the EU

AFTER decades in which New Labour’s leaders emptied the word socialism of any radical or transformative meaning, it is a pleasurable change to find Labour politicians giving it pride of place in their political lexicon.

The call to rebuild Britain evokes positive feelings. Decades of neoliberal political and economic policies have destroyed a substantial part of Britain’s manufacturing industry and added to the drag on productive investment that the casino economy so favoured by the City entails.

And what socialist does not desire a transformation of Europe? 

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