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Post by Bernard Marx on Mar 7, 2024 20:07:13 GMT
Give me Galloway over Owen Jones or Novara any day. I see they've already started their acceptable left tone-policing of the man. I'd have a bit more humility if I was them, with their non-glorious history of smearing Assange and cheering on every faked up expulsion for non-existent anti-semitism by Labour Party members.The one thing that destroyed the left over the last few years is kow-towing wimps like them and Corbyn, hoping that if you give in to bullies they'll leave you alone. Doesn't work. Whatever you think of Galloway, that is not the way he operates.
And with this Rochdale victory, we get the to enjoy the glory of MSM scumbags having their arse handed to them
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“Little Rishi Sunak”. “Clunky Keir Starmer.” ”I’m not Jeremy Corbyn, you see. If you slap me, I’ll slap you back.”  |
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Post by Bernard Marx on Mar 7, 2024 20:40:58 GMT
Galloway meanwhile has definitely got a dodgy track record for some domestic issues and has been guilt of whipping up some religious tensions, but overall he's right about Palestine and international issues and as you say this is a major f*ck you to the media and the two party system. I’m in several minds. I have a lot of time for him, but my main gripe with Corbyn is that he was brazenly ineffectual at fighting the right and often actively refused to do so, which is probably indicative of his inability to think beyond the Labour Party for a vehicle for change. Galloway occasionally has similar flaws and has additionally sometimes pandered to populist nationalist politics, but he’s demonstrably better at fighting back. His approach would have been essential during the 2017-19 antisemitism smear onslaught and he wouldn’t have allowed his peers to fall victim to expulsions. Likewise, to his credit, he’s regularly platformed intelligent and well-considered dissidents, whether they be journalists or artists (Abby Martin, Roger Waters) on his talk show. I think the best idea, come an election, would be for a mass anti-war/anti-establishment movement to tactically stick to the parties most likely to eviscerate what Galloway rightly calls the “uniparty” of Tory and Labour. The WPB, Greens, SNP etc have their individual flaws, but I can’t think of any mainstream party which doesn’t, and if Galloway makes it that much easier to break that uniparty, I can only applaud him. |
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Post by Bernard Marx on Mar 8, 2024 8:28:31 GMT
“Reform UK have far greater support than George Galloway”.
- Fiona Bruce, Question Time.
I find this statement incredibly suspect…
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Post by cyberhat on Mar 8, 2024 18:52:29 GMT
The person in Rochdale that came 1st is less popular than the party that came 6th. Yeah, alright Fi
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Post by Bernard Marx on Mar 8, 2024 22:16:27 GMT
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Post by ClockworkOcean on Mar 21, 2024 16:56:28 GMT
Owen Jones has left the Labour Party. Not a fan of the guy, but can't disagree with anything he has to say here.
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Post by Bernard Marx on Mar 25, 2024 11:30:41 GMT
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Post by cyberhat on Mar 25, 2024 13:39:56 GMT
Ah, but you don't understand being an MI5 spy working against socialism from a Marxist viewpoint. As Gramsci once said..... |
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Post by Bernard Marx on Mar 25, 2024 13:45:44 GMT
Ah, but you don't understand being an MI5 spy working against socialism from a Marxist viewpoint. As Gramsci once said..... A lot of academic/university “socialism” sadly operates from this postmodern barometer, as I only fully realised after finishing my undergraduate degree. It’s a huge hindrance designed to siphon one’s more socially critical impulses and class-consciousness into establishment interests. Mason undeniably operated within these circles, and here he is now. I hope he gets roundly humiliated if he *does* stand in Islington North this year. |
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Post by ClockworkOcean on May 9, 2024 0:23:35 GMT
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Post by Bernard Marx on May 9, 2024 19:01:31 GMT
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Post by Bernard Marx on Jul 23, 2024 22:03:41 GMT
One of Starmer’s first acts as Prime Minister: Suspend seven of your MPs for voting against a child benefit cap designed to hit bigger working-class families. www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/23/labour-mps-vote-to-scrap-two-child-benefit-cap-in-first-rebellion-for-starmerLess than three weeks in, he’s already in the first stage of kicking out any remaining dissent as Prime Minister. I don’t know why anyone is surprised by this- or why so many suddenly starting wanking themselves into a frenzy over the possibility of Starmer being more socialist amidst gaining power. All indication of this was there in spades during his tenure out of power. Yet there’s absolutely no meaningful opposition to this in sight. |
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Post by mott1 on Jul 24, 2024 15:09:58 GMT
Not exactly one for a broad church approach, is he?
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Post by UncleDeadly on Jul 24, 2024 16:14:21 GMT
Not exactly one for a broad church approach, is he? The Church of Satan never has been known for it's balanced views, has it..? |
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Post by Bernard Marx on Jul 24, 2024 16:30:16 GMT
I remember watching the election coverage almost 3 weeks back, becoming increasingly incensed- after already being pissed off by Farage’s wankers seemingly doing well- by Peter Mandelson and Wes Streeting gushing over how “brilliantly” they’d done.
My Mum said to me “Don’t be so despairing- there’ll be MPs there to challenge Starmer”, only for me to reply with “Starmer will purge them”. Even I didn’t expect that prediction to bear fruit so soon…
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