This is about Blair's Labour Party (New Labour if you will). So, under Tony Blair Labour moved center-right, most notably in the removal of Clause IV of the Labour Party constitution.
Clause IV, which read, "To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the basis of the common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange, and the best obtainable system of popular administration and control of each industry or service," was seen by many as at the very least hard left socialism, but borderline communist. In 1995, with Tony Blair as leader, the Labour Party altered Clause IV to make no mention of "common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange." Effectively removing the communist leaning of the Labour Party.
This song is about how Labour abandoned the blue-collar workers of the UK. Thus the line, "Born to be a communist//But then the marriage failed//As did the partnership..." He was born into a Labour Party with communist leaning, then Blair abandoned those ideals, and left the blue-collar Labour voters at the altar so to speak.
The line "The liberal left destroyed//Every bit of our youth//Left with the barest of bones//Leaving us all with holes..." I understand this not be liberal left in the American understanding of progressive, but rather the economic sense, which is a common understanding of the word in Europe. The Labour Party abandoned more communist/socialist policies for more economically liberal and market based policies. That is Labour became a liberal left party rather than a socialist/communist left party. This shift took everything from the working class. It left them with almost nothing while those who owned the capital became wealthier.
This is about Blair's Labour Party (New Labour if you will). So, under Tony Blair Labour moved center-right, most notably in the removal of Clause IV of the Labour Party constitution.
Clause IV, which read, "To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the basis of the common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange, and the best obtainable system of popular administration and control of each industry or service," was seen by many as at the very least hard left socialism, but borderline communist. In 1995, with Tony Blair as leader, the Labour Party altered Clause IV to make no mention of "common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange." Effectively removing the communist leaning of the Labour Party.
This song is about how Labour abandoned the blue-collar workers of the UK. Thus the line, "Born to be a communist//But then the marriage failed//As did the partnership..." He was born into a Labour Party with communist leaning, then Blair abandoned those ideals, and left the blue-collar Labour voters at the altar so to speak.
The line "The liberal left destroyed//Every bit of our youth//Left with the barest of bones//Leaving us all with holes..." I understand this not be liberal left in the American understanding of progressive, but rather the economic sense, which is a common understanding of the word in Europe. The Labour Party abandoned more communist/socialist policies for more economically liberal and market based policies. That is Labour became a liberal left party rather than a socialist/communist left party. This shift took everything from the working class. It left them with almost nothing while those who owned the capital became wealthier.