#Blairism

This is - I really hope - the last thing I'm going to say about Sir Keir for some time. The important thing for people to grasp is that this

Sauron founded the Brexit party.https://twitter.com/cpoffers/status/1121544872132055041 Radagast the Brown - floating Green voter who is leading Extincton Rebellion but still hates cops so he’s an anomaly Gandalf - reluctant Remainer sick

Labour has only been in power for 17 years out of the last 120 on a socialist ticket. England is not a socialist country and the route to power for

The Blairite vision for the labour party is basically a philanthropistic one. Instead of a participatory mass movement composed of radical unions, local CLPs etc. their vision is of a

Monsieur Larkin ♘

[THREAD]I keep getting told Labour #Blairism is better than Tory #Thatcherism so let's explore #NEOLIBERALISM.12 years after Margaret Thatcher left office, she was asked what was her greatest achievement? Thatcher replied:

The existence of generation left dominates politics in the UK despite being largely ignored in mainstream political discourse. It's the absent yet structuring problem, if you like. When it is

This comment gives me a chance to expand on something. I am patronising! I am also:- Condescending- Pompous- Contemptuous- Scathing- Sneering- Arrogant - Self-absorbed- A windbag And much much else,

The Dark Knight and The Puppet Master

WarringFictions

Just a little Saturday morning re-up for my long read from yesterday, on what the #Labour 'base' looks like, how we've done with it since 1983, and the phenomenon of

With all the debate and angst within @UKLabour and the calls from Corbynite MPs for shift back to the left, it's worth taking a little magical history tour. Let's go

Alexander McKay

Here it is, the masterpiece. Paul Mason ventures forth to promote the same demented garbage he's been pushing since 2016! Truly a man who has learnt nothing and forgotten everything.

David "Android, Alien or Wizard" Moore

So I am not a political pundit, and this is not based on any sort of polling. But bear with me while I talk through what I think may be

Tides of History

Peter Shore: Labour's Forgotten Patriot?He's the poster boy for Vote Leave & the fierce critic of both Bennism & Blairism. So is there still a place for Shore's politics in

Where I grew up on the Sussex coast the Labour Party didn’t exist. All the available work was casualised and seasonal and as a result there was no working class