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Which is similar enough, from The Left position, to brexit now that I think of it...a stepping stone. But having agreed to jump, we find there are no more stepping stones accessible to The Left. Pointless.

I didnt listen in huge detail...I'll go back. But wasnt his argument that the French and German nationalisation actions a temporary emergency measure? His argument, I guess, being that if you want to nationalise something, fix it, and then hand it back to private finance to suck dry again 2...

It does seem like that was a pyrrhic victory for that sector of the left...what were they going to do with all this taken-back control and sovereignty and bla bla but with a vicious tory government in power, and a general lack of clear rational self-interest in society? We are where we are, I...

It feels to me in the JOB interview there that he's got one or two major legitimately held objections to the EU and isn't bothering getting familiar with more detailed arguments. I dont think he for destroyed by JOB at all. I think he's generally doing a great job. In the absence of a Left...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/22/therapist-super-rich-succession-billionaires I may have the same problem that the billionaires have, I'm completely unable to empathise with them. Will book a session with yer man tomorrow and get it sorted

Keep going. You've got the Taiwan fixture to pencil in too.

This is one of Adam Curtis' recent points about how liberal democracy is failing...it's all about management (in both senses of the word) rather than actual accountability. One would hope that Trumporrism has gone so far that the law will be able to deal with it. But Johnson and his ilk have a...

Piers Morgan basically repeated what the first dude said. He is a boiled dick, down to the last twist of his shameful DNA. Sarkar is exactly right. Your Green story is brilliant. I searched for "Tree Shepherd", not much out there. I guess natural selection got him or something I HATE how...

The dawning realisation in the Tory party that they have strongly overplayed their hand, and misread everyone else's cards is quite something to watch. Is it too much to hope for that they burn Johnson, Gove and Cummings, and the rest of that mutant cabinet, crown Tom Tugendhat and try to forget...

That's awesome

Yeah! I'd subscribe to that! How about Billy interviewing other people? Like that brilliant podcast before the repeal-the-8th referendum, speaking to people from both sides of the debate? Interspersed with Billy banging on about GBV?

Same as they had that invisible Kerry woman as a candidate for Councillor? :) That party are a bunch of clowns and a bunch of malicious pricks. Take yer pick with Hooky there.

There's been a lot of talk on English radio the last couple of days about how the EU always backs down at the last second, so even though they've clearly said they won't reopen negotiations, they totally will. I'm not sure what their precedent for saying this is. Personally, I think it would be...

Brevity is...wit

Really interesting. Possible reason why Britain is so against Europe is the structure of their own government? European legislation is funnelled through this flawed British system of representation. All they see of their own governmental agencies is the distant and the unrepresentative. So...

So, she wants an end to the monarchy, and no brown-skinned people? It's a bit late for the latter but she may have a point on the first.

All true but while this reappraisal is going on Labour are a headless chicken. There was a good deal of excitement about Labour's new direction and a lot of horror at the result of Cameron's disastrous exit which led to the uptick in Labour membership. There's still a huge amount of energy and...

I mean Corbyn is stuck in a old-school Left mindset, not necessarily a bad one, even in relation to the EU. He thinks that the EU is the vehicle for making Capitalism the only feasible means of existing in Europe. It's a fair point. But not too many people even within Labour can go along with...

Just to address this bit (I agree with the rest of your post): What I was talking about in relation to May was more about characteristics of leadership. She has managed to drag on with the decision she made, despite being in a party that has probably more fundamental divisions in it than even...