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THE TROUBLES of the Labor Party in recent times are generally described as being the result of hypertrophy of the faction system, with both groups fighting for the spoils of parliamentary seats and preferment. And it is commonly said even amongst prominent leaders of the factions that what was once an ideological struggle between Left and Right is now empty of content and is merely a struggle between entrenched and ossified power groupings.
Certainly, the meanings once ascribed to Left and Right have largely disappeared; what once was thought Left is quite different from what modern "progressives" think of when they describe themselves as such, and the Right can ...