The idea of ‘levelling-up’ was just a Tory slogan to obscure the power of real Socialist Economics. The fact is that ‘levelling-up’ could never really compete with real Socialist Economics but it was never really intended to. The Tories were using it to divide traditional voting loyalties primarily in the North of England to attack the so called ‘Red Wall of traditional Labour Voters. This was a calculated and deliberate attempt to grab power away from Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour.
In fact there was never any substance to the Tories claims that they could level up Britain. There was never any real intention of doing so. It was primarily used in ‘Red Wall Constituencies’ to weaken the Labour vote at a time when Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party were fight the Election with an agenda offering real Socialist Economics and traditional Labour Party values which the Tories perceived as being a real threat.
What then was ‘levelling-up ‘?
So what was ‘levelling-up’? It clear meant different things to different people. Certainly what it wasn’t was as a valid replacement for real Socialist Economics being offered by Labour. It was a Tory version of fairness supposedly to indicate that there had been a realisation that the previous versions of the Conservative Party had been divisive and too harsh. It was a suggestion that they too could compete with policies that offered fairness and adjustment in a similar way to the Labour Party. It was a complete makeover and dressing up of the real facts and intentions: it was a disguise intended to steal votes.
Instead the Tories were misleading voters into believing that they were offering some form of socialism which simply wasn’t true. Using the ‘levelling-up’ slogan was an attempt to steal ground from various political parties with a bona-fide claim to be offering real socialist economic policies.
In fact the Tories were obviously pretty scarred of socialism and socialist economics which were becoming increasingly important to the British voters. It was a nevertheless a clever ploy with the intention of making you believe that The Tories were something which they definitely were not. The Tories are certainly not socialists nor will they ever be but ‘levelling-up’ idea was simply a slogan and a ploy to make you believe they could be offering something fairer and more akin to socialist economics rather than traditional Tory values of Thatcherism and outright capitalism.
In contrast Corbyn was offering real Socialist Economics
In contrast Corbyn’s political Manifesto for Labour was offering real Socialist Economics with ideas centred around renationalising key industries. This was a genuine attempt to steer the electorate back towards finding favour in real Socialist Economics with a powerful argument.
However the General Election of 2019 was simply a single policy election and not many voters actually looked beyond that. The only issue for voters was who they believed could get Brexit done as swiftly as possible: because everyone was fed up with hearing about it.
The Labour Party of Jeremy Corbyn had a true socialist agenda following a hiatus and lack of direction during the Blair stewardship. However the same cannot be said of Kier Starmer’s ‘Changed Labour Party’. Under Corbyn though the Labour Party could again claim that they were offering a true socialist agenda in the range and ambition of their policies. The Tories obviously saw this as a threat and the ‘Levelling up’ slogan was their way to take the wind out of Labour’s socialist sails by way of lip service to proposals of levelling up. This levelling up agenda was more like a charitable act than offering any real level of socialism. It appeared to be done on grounds of bidding for funding, stating your case why you should receive the generosity of the benevolent Tory Government and was unlikley to be targetted or countrywide. The whole levelling up thing really feels like some Dickensian Charity rather than a proper attempt at socialism which in reality it never was intended to be. The whole Levelling up thing was just an electioneering slogan anyway.
British people have begun to recognise the failures of the Tories privatisation strategies and have begun to realise that there must be alternatives. Unfortunately the Conservative Party has also latched on to this understanding and has seen it’s own Achilles Heel and it’s own demise: understanding the power of this movement away from right wing politics. To prevent this the Tories have developed a new strategy to reinvent themselves by partially proclaiming that they are the Party of levelling up and therefore self proclaiming that they are the political party of broad appeal with a real agenda to change. However this is both a misrepresentation and a downright lie. They offer nothing new except the hollow and meaningless slogan. Levelling up is a mere slogan to the Tories designed to cull waivering voters by suggesting that they have some form of socialist agenda, thus dividing traditional voting loyalties.The only levelling up to be done in Britain is by a political party willing to offer the real power of real and meaningful Socialist Economic Principles: this is certainly not the Tories. They have no real Socialist Agenda at all. Levelling up is just a slogan without substance designed to diffuse and obfuscate the potential of real Socialist Economic Principles to bring about sign and meaningful changes to the UK. These changes needed are long overdue. The Labour Party is now offering real Socialist principles built on some ideas taken from Socialist Economics such as the public ownership of the utilities and railways. The Tories are pretending to offer something similar: which they are not. All they are doing is offering smoke and mirrors to wavering voters, in an attempt to grab power in the most dishonest and misleading way. Thus far in the Tories have delivered no meaning levelling up policies. There remains no evidence of any real form of levelling up to date. 08/09/22.