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Friday, May 09, 2008

Mr Livingstone, I Presume

Some bloke called Ken Livingstone has – apparently – lost an election in some out of the way place somewhere down south. His excuse for losing is here in The Grauniad’s CiF.

My comment:

If there is one thing the Left have achieved in recent history, with your erstwhile help, of course - it is revealing that the Left is not 'Progressive' at all, if it is anything at all it is Regressive.

From communism at one extreme to Blair's hopeless 'Third Way' of watered-down Socialism with a trendy face and all points between, it has failed and failed dismally.

The only reason 'the Left' still exists is that its tropes have become the default unthinking reflex of the trendy metropolitan folk - like Grauniad readers for example. Where to be anything other than 'on the left' is regarded as only slightly more abhorrent that being a paedophile, or admitting still having a liking for last year's hip new band, or being seen drinking a coffee from an unfashionable retail coffee outlet.


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