Revolution Blues

  MITT ROMNEY, yeah that Republican, ex-governor, failed presidential candidate, very active in his church Mitt Romney, has said “Putin’s Ukraine invasion is the first time in 80 years that a great power has moved to conquer a sovereign nation”. Ummm… Nicaragua ? Invaded and occupied by the US in the early part of the twentieth century plus the US meddling in its affairs to ensure a right wing government. Much the same in El Salvador where Reagan was concerned about the civil war and the leftist rebels, despite the government and its military being known for abuses against citizens. And it should be noted that Reagan also held the opinion that the then USSR was behind the rebels in both countries. Make no mistake, the USSR/Russia has forever been the bogeyman of the USA. Putin could give all his citizens free food and housing for five years and the US would see it as a ‘communist plot’. I’m not taking Russia’s side in this, I’m no fan of Putin, but the way the US (and other Wester...

  AWWW, how can we not all love Prince Andrew? Giving money to a woman he apparently has never met. Isn’t that just what we expect from the always-giving royal family? I am awaiting a knock on my door right now to see how much I’ll be getting. I don’t get this hatred of that lovely family, people calling for a republic etc. Do they expect queenie to just go off and live in only one mansion for the whole of the year? Who amongst you does not wonder which of your homes you will travel to in order to stave off the cold of winter, or even to go to for a spot of good old-fashioned hunting of animals who probably shouldn’t be on their/your land anyway? They’re just asking to be slaughtered, roaming around in the countryside as if that’s in some weird way a natural thing to do. We should be applauding this ever-so-helpful family for ridding us of these animals. (I mean, does it really matter that they’re beautiful creatures doing no harm? Really? Wouldn’t you rather see a photo of that Ka...

  IF any socialists are still members of the Labour Party I can only assume they are masochists. I truly see no other reason for it. The PLP have shown us they will not accept socialism and have suspended and indeed have expelled many socialists. So why are some still there? Perhaps out of loyalty to a party they have always believed in. I don’t know. I was a member for more than 40 years but left when Starmer was elected leader. I knew his history and didn’t like him; however, I certainly didn’t expect him to turn out to be almost Stalinist in his actions to members. Labour does not have my loyalty any longer, and should not have the loyalty of any socialist. I have heard a few say they are staying as members solely because it will annoy Starmer. But why? That’s no reason. You think Starmer is concerned by that? The man is concerned only with donations, which are falling rapidly. Though of course he will still have his big donors who are there only because they know he is absolute...

  DOES anything say establishment quite like all the blue ticks, media pundits, centrists and even Tory MPs rushing out to condemn the ‘attack’ on Keir Starmer? I put attack in quotes because it was hardly that; he had police surrounding him – and wasn’t that a lucky thing that they were on hand to do so – and he was shouted at. That’s not to say it couldn’t have gotten out of hand if the police hadn’t been there. But those good friends of Starmer were there to protect him and it didn’t get out of hand. And are we now saying the public can’t voice their anger towards a politician? I’m not advocating violence, but shouting is not that, and what are they supposed to do – write him a strongly worded letter? Not one of these same media luvvies or MPs were prepared to say a dickie bird about the many, many times Jeremy Corbyn was harassed and even punched in the head. They stayed remarkably silent as the Daily Fail monstered Corbyn daily, from calling him a terrorist lover, to the awfu...