Grenfell Tower and fake indignation
15
Jun
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Category Archives: uk
Guardian in tactical retreat over Corbyn
12
Jun
So, the Guardian is now filling its columns with fake, heavily qualified and borderline amnesiac apologies for getting Corbyn so stunningly wrong. Let’s remind ourselves just how relentlessly offensive its vilification has been. Here’s a sample, taken from the much more comprehensive set assembled by … Read More »
Faux apologies: Jess Phillips takes gold
11
Jun
Labour’s incredible showing? One of the few real apologies to date has been from an Owen Jones big enough to come out with the three toughest words in the English language: I am sorry. Good on you, Owen. Meanwhile, in the face … Read More »
How come Labour is polling so well?
4
Jun
Writing in the Guardian on New Year’s Day 2016, John Harris explained thus the appeal of Jeremy Corbyn: I am not exactly .. a Corbynista, but … whatever his suitability for the job, Corbyn is where he is for one … Read More »
UK Election – a view from North Carolina
31
May
Kenneth Surin, writing yesterday in CounterPunch … Labour under Jeremy Corbyn has been gaining steadily in the polls, despite a massive media campaign to undermine him, extending from the BBC and supposedly “liberal” Guardian to the UK’s famously ghastly tabloids. … Read More »
Corbyn on terrorism
26
May
Why is this statement of the blindingly obvious such a ‘hugely controversial step’? Because we draw conclusions on the causes of salafist terror without troubling to join the dots on a quarter century of western aggression in the middle east, … Read More »
You’d think McCarthy was back!
22
Feb
Today’s Independent has former Labour Minister of State for Europe, Chris Bryant, telling Parliament that: There is now clear evidence of Russian direct, corrupt involvement in elections in France, in Germany, in the United States of America and, I would … Read More »
Narcissism of difference? Not entirely, no.
13
Feb
Steve, my friend and fellow Imperialism reader, made a comment last week about being a revolutionary in non revolutionary times. This led us to that Life of Brian scene where John Cleese is asked if the group he leads is … Read More »
Trump’s vulgarity: blessing in disguise?
30
Jan
This from OffGuardian today. Obama sent drones to attack weddings and markets in Somalia and Iraq, and Britain and US sell bombs to the Saudis, who drop them on Yemeni civilians without a thought of repercussion, or even rebuke, from … Read More »
Irony detectors need not apply
19
Jan
Nor does the irony end here. That tireless crusader for workers’ rights and social justice, the Mail, weighed in with this piece: Oh the irony! Fight Against Slavery advertises for ‘volunteer unpaid’ staff to work for FREE and ‘join the … Read More »