tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post3287555431978751409..comments2024-03-29T07:14:55.029+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: The Far Left in the 2020sPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-53323630939338743712020-07-22T17:19:47.429+01:002020-07-22T17:19:47.429+01:00I do wish you would desist from calling the Social...I do wish you would desist from calling the Socialist Party of England and Wales (SPEW) the Socialist Party or SP. <br /><br />SP1904Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-62744406884682610212020-01-10T13:34:26.552+00:002020-01-10T13:34:26.552+00:00Where is the actual evidence that a Starmer leader...Where is the actual evidence that a Starmer leadership would take the course speculated on in this piece? Not confusing him with Phillips are we?? ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-25911962965187368712020-01-09T19:24:32.038+00:002020-01-09T19:24:32.038+00:00@ John (is a very common name)
I just thought yo...@ John (is a very common name) <br /><br />I just thought you might be interested in what your political opponents think. but apparently not so. Navel gazing, listening to your own echo-chamber, and infighting has been hugely successful for you. Feel free to continue. Dipper Knows Bestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-27197471627928875162020-01-09T02:55:30.743+00:002020-01-09T02:55:30.743+00:00Dipper,
Why do you bother? Do you think anyone on...Dipper,<br /><br />Why do you bother? Do you think anyone on the left is going to take your advice, either directly or in the form of reverse psychology?John (is a very common name)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-21630441892442880302020-01-08T19:22:46.997+00:002020-01-08T19:22:46.997+00:00Clive Lewis. That's the man. Cannot begin to t...Clive Lewis. That's the man. Cannot begin to tell you how much me and my fellow tories are rooting for Clive Lewis.Dippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-43737238583939985062020-01-08T12:53:05.285+00:002020-01-08T12:53:05.285+00:00Dipper
The "left" is not, and never has...Dipper<br /><br />The "left" is not, and never has been, solely defined by old-fashioned manual workers. Indeed you mention cities, now the heartland of left wing support in this country. How many are "critical workers"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-57948576794612843482020-01-08T10:36:30.704+00:002020-01-08T10:36:30.704+00:00Not a word about the CPB? For shame! And what abou...Not a word about the CPB? For shame! And what about Socialist Appeal, Red Flag*, Revo**, FRFI***, Soc Res, the Rossites, old uncle Matgamna and all? Come to that, what's happened to RS21 and Counterfire and Bambery's thing in Scotland and that splinter that Richard Seymour was in and that other one that consisted mainly of Nick Wrack? OK, never mind the last two.<br /><br />*appears to be all that's left of Workers' Power these days<br />**unless this lot are still going, which is uncertain<br />***amazingly, this lot *are* still goingPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-38915719144234952572020-01-08T09:29:30.686+00:002020-01-08T09:29:30.686+00:00a niche interest is going to become even more nich...a niche interest is going to become even more niche. The foundations of left-wing politics are being slowly but surely eroded.<br /><br />Underneath all the froth about Brexit, the EU etc the world is slowly changing. look at https://ourworldindata.org. The number of people needed to produce the material goods and food essential to what we would call a basic material living is going down, so there are fewer workers doing critical jobs. More people are living in cities, the population is getting older, and before the end of the century will likely start to decrease in total number. More people are living in cities, hence living in shared space using public transport and common facilities.<br /><br />So lots to consider, but the UK left are just playing a local power game on a pitch that is getting steadily eroded. What does it even mean to be left wing in a world with fewer essential workers?Dippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-59528326999360191312020-01-08T01:38:20.564+00:002020-01-08T01:38:20.564+00:00Effective politics is partly about timing - and Ga...Effective politics is partly about timing - and Galloway's new party/fan club is very badly timed.<br /><br />While many on the Labour left have been demoralised by the election defeat, there are still enough battles to be fought about the legacy and future influence of Corbynism to keep socialists inside Labour and focused on fighting the right. Few will conclude now is the time to leave the Labour Party battlefield in favour of yet another new left party headed by someone with an ego so large it makes Jess Phillips appear modest. <br /><br />MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com