tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post5547045567736062822..comments2024-03-04T10:20:10.154+00:00Comments on Anna Chen: Madam Miaow Says: What A Carve Up! review: ‘a point where greed and madness can no longer be told apart’Madam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-72020400748400017952010-04-30T11:11:05.450+01:002010-04-30T11:11:05.450+01:00airstrikes is neilcaff. not trying to be a sockpup...airstrikes is neilcaff. not trying to be a sockpuppet. Problems with Wordpress id.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-5993004077051181572010-04-30T10:38:20.065+01:002010-04-30T10:38:20.065+01:00"I'm amazed at how Field has managed to r..."I'm amazed at how Field has managed to rebrand himself as a credible elder statesman of the Labour party."<br /><br />The joke in Socialist Party is that Frank Field has managed to become a left winger in the Labour Party simply by standing still!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-84991421696074909282010-04-29T15:26:57.695+01:002010-04-29T15:26:57.695+01:00Thanks, all.
Neil and Auld Sod, I'm amazed at...Thanks, all.<br /><br />Neil and Auld Sod, I'm amazed at how Field has managed to rebrand himself as a credible elder statesman of the Labour party. Neil, that's interesting about his role in 80's Labour. <br /><br />I think we're all worried about where anger will be deflected. That's why Brown should have stood his ground with Bigotgate. After his grovelling he hasn't pleased anyone except for the right who are going to slaughter Labour.<br /><br />Neil, I'm afraid there were plenty of non-SWPers in the SA who knew what was happening and turned a blind eye at best, or who at their most repulsive shot the whistle-blower. But, granted, I do know some solid lefties with integrity. It's just that, from what I saw, they they are in a minority. All power to those of you sticking to your principles. <br /><br />Bristol Red, a wasted opportunity we're unlikely to get back.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-4943997773391059852010-04-29T10:50:10.852+01:002010-04-29T10:50:10.852+01:00Brilliant article. Just the right balance of analy...Brilliant article. Just the right balance of analysis and justifiable anger.<br /><br />Your spot on about Frank Field by the way. He was an arch witch hunter in the Labour Party back in the 80's. Looking back it's now clear that the witch hunt against the left in the Labour Party was explicitly aimed at locking out any non-business point of view from mainstream politics. That doesn't mean those view points have gone away of course but it does mean that people who don't think the free market is the best thing since sliced pan are disenfranchised. The frustration is still there but now it has no democratic out let what so ever, not even in the stunted form common to bourgeois democracy. <br /><br />I've been canvassing in a number of different working class areas around London for TUSC and the simmering frustration on the estates is palpable. Not all of it is directed against the bankers either. There is no doubt in my mind there will be an explosion in this country but unless we on the left build a positive alternative I very much fear the direction such an out burst could go in.<br /><br />As to that I think your being a bit unfair to the rest of us on the far Left who aren't in the SWP. We're not all like them and often we're the ones who get it in the neck from them the worst. For example in TUSC they are up to the same old tricks you would be familiar with in the Socialist Alliance. Good 'ol SWP, they learn nothing and forget nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-46597717245943196512010-04-27T12:59:10.727+01:002010-04-27T12:59:10.727+01:00Great article. And of course you're right abou...Great article. And of course you're right about how the Left have cocked up a golden opportunity to build a real opposition. Nice quote from an unnamed SWP "star" at the end, btw!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-39562260269863445492010-04-26T20:25:17.805+01:002010-04-26T20:25:17.805+01:00What a Carve up Indeed! Finally Anna, someone who ...What a Carve up Indeed! Finally Anna, someone who agrees with me about Frank Field; I switch channel if he comes on the telly or wireless!!thetvreviewguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10523098850738176004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-1457887172559934642010-04-26T17:16:30.158+01:002010-04-26T17:16:30.158+01:00Bravissomo. I can hear Honest Sid's inimitable...Bravissomo. I can hear Honest Sid's inimitable gravelly crackle in my mind's ear right now ...VenerableSagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079094267060544265noreply@blogger.com