Terribly, terribly, terribly sorry. However, at least it was a clear choice. Nobody can seriously claim that the British people did not resoundingly vote for poverty, inequality, lies, bullying, hatred and subservience to American capital.
The thing about this question is that everyone will bring their own spin to bear upon it.
This is how politics operates, all spin, all PR and literally zero analysis or genuine debate. The hundreds of economists who backed Labours proposals were never heard. We never got to understand why they backed the proposals. All we got was media depravity and then voter depravity soon followed.
My spin is that this vote is a genuine reflection of the demographics and class make-up of modern UK. The majority are Middle Class or petty Bourgeois, and they believe in pulling up the drawbridge, putting a big wall around their privilege. And in global terms even those on or around the average are well off, so that is reflected in anti immigrant feeling, racism. It’s the plebeian equivalent of pulling up the drawbridge! And then we have the ruling class with its uber economic equivalent of pulling up the drawbridge, namely imperialism. Imperialism is about keeping supremacy, about maintaining control over shipping lanes and key resources.
It is interesting how the pro war left, such as Boffy, decry the petty bourgeois and Plebian versions of nationalism but positively laud and embrace the uber economic nationalism of the ruling class.
But make no mistake the reason this result happened is that people are sociopathic racists, this is the inevitable result of the ‘civilising mission of capitalism’.
What happens now? I can only see one avenue for the left, given we are a small minority even on class terms we have to struggle to make this country ungovernable. The Western powers positively encouraged that in Bolivia, it is time we brought instability to the imperialist core.
Today terrorists and mass murderers have been given a mandate, we are at war.
This made me smile from ear to ear. I really enjoy reading this blog xxx big hugs xxx
ReplyDeleteSo who's going to replace Corbyn?
ReplyDeleteOr rather, what went wrong?
ReplyDeleteTerribly, terribly, terribly sorry. However, at least it was a clear choice. Nobody can seriously claim that the British people did not resoundingly vote for poverty, inequality, lies, bullying, hatred and subservience to American capital.
ReplyDeleteWell, the Scottish people didn't vote for that. Might be time to stop equating 'British' with 'English'.
DeleteA disastrous night, the only positive is that labour can start again from scratch. Maybe time for a female leader?
ReplyDeleteReally looking forward to the next post. Lots of italics and class analysis, please.
ReplyDeleteFor all the talk about how disastrous it is, and it is, Labour got more of the total votes in % terms than Miliband, Brown and 87's Kinnock.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I don't know the provenance of this publication or the author, but there's some sensible stuff in here:
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/six-reasons-why-the-left-need-not-despair-labour-conservative-election
“Or rather, what went wrong?”
ReplyDeleteThe thing about this question is that everyone will bring their own spin to bear upon it.
This is how politics operates, all spin, all PR and literally zero analysis or genuine debate. The hundreds of economists who backed Labours proposals were never heard. We never got to understand why they backed the proposals. All we got was media depravity and then voter depravity soon followed.
My spin is that this vote is a genuine reflection of the demographics and class make-up of modern UK. The majority are Middle Class or petty Bourgeois, and they believe in pulling up the drawbridge, putting a big wall around their privilege. And in global terms even those on or around the average are well off, so that is reflected in anti immigrant feeling, racism. It’s the plebeian equivalent of pulling up the drawbridge! And then we have the ruling class with its uber economic equivalent of pulling up the drawbridge, namely imperialism. Imperialism is about keeping supremacy, about maintaining control over shipping lanes and key resources.
It is interesting how the pro war left, such as Boffy, decry the petty bourgeois and Plebian versions of nationalism but positively laud and embrace the uber economic nationalism of the ruling class.
But make no mistake the reason this result happened is that people are sociopathic racists, this is the inevitable result of the ‘civilising mission of capitalism’.
What happens now? I can only see one avenue for the left, given we are a small minority even on class terms we have to struggle to make this country ungovernable. The Western powers positively encouraged that in Bolivia, it is time we brought instability to the imperialist core.
Today terrorists and mass murderers have been given a mandate, we are at war.