#GE16 analysis - Labour lost sight of its core values

"STEP back from the campaign fray for just a moment and consider the enormity of what’s already occurred. It’s a rebellion against the establishment.

“Economic indicators may be up but they don’t reflect the economic insecurity most people still feel, nor the seeming arbitrariness and unfairness they experience. Nor do the major indicators show the linkages people see between wealth and power, crony capitalism, declining real wages, soaring executive pay, and a billionaire class turning our democracy into an oligarchy.

"Median family income is lower now than it was 16 years ago, adjusted for inflation. Most economic gains, meanwhile, have gone to the top.”