Labour Party Taboos

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During the 1990s, the Labour Party moved away from their former, harder-line left ideological beliefs to a more moderate, centrist platform based upon the idea that socialism – the defining feature of the party throughout history – needed to be re-evaluated to suit the ever-changing globalised world. Upon the death of leader John Smith in 1994, a leadership battle emerged and Tony Blair emerged victorious. Under his leadership, Labour underwent a change in branding. After the expulsion by-large of many members of Militant, a Marxist organisation working within the Labour Party, Blair began to move the party towards an ideology known as ‘The Third Way’; a synthesis of socialist views and capitalist views aimed not only at providing a solution …show more content…
Michelle Drews, in an essay published in the Harvard Science Review, offers a good explanation of why such obscenities are taboo. She states that, 'as children, we are punished by caregivers such as parents when we swear, and through aversive conditioning we learn that certain phrases are to be avoided'. It is the social conditioning that makes us view profanities as being unacceptable. Drews also suggests that because 'taboos are cultural concepts', society determines whether taboo subjects either continue to be taboo or become more acceptable. If society is the principal determiner in the classification of something being considered taboo, we must evaluate how society views a particular topic. For Tucker to swear so vociferously leads us to question many things about not only his use of profanities, but how, if atall, society - Westminster - facilitates the use of such perceived indecencies. Governmental officialsare considered to be professional and maintaining a level of courtesy at all times. No-one expects the Prime Minister, for example, to use expletives
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