Churchill was a bastard, but he beat Hitler. Stalin was a bastard, but he beat Hitler. They were both bastards, but they both beat Hitler. They both beat Hitler. But they were both bastards.
Honestly, what drivel do they teach you at public school? Anyway, and with thanks to John McDonnell for the excuse to post it again, here are a few facts about Churchill.
Of course, this is not really about Churchill at all. This is about McDonnell. For the first time since 1994, the economic debate is now open in Britain. And the people who are used to uncritical deference on economic policy hate it.
Well, they you had better get used to it, because, when not spewing abuse at McDonnell and at Jeremy Corbyn, even the Conservatives are going to be implementing as many of their policies as they can get away with.
Why, the Conservatives' watered down version of the energy cap, which they decried as Venezuelan and what have you when the underrated Ed Miliband proposed it, has turned out to be very good against inflation. Imagine how much better the full strength version would be.
No one hates this more than the Blairite rump within the Labour Party. Like the indistinguishable people who ran both of the governing parties during the Coalition, they had just assumed that it was going to be some Clintonian Thatcherism-without-Section-28 for ever, and ever, and ever.
Not that they are going to go away. But another hung Parliament is coming, and we need our people to hold the balance of power in it.
It has become a local commonplace that I am on 30-30-30 with Labour and the Conservatives here at North West Durham, so that any one of us could be the First Past the Post. I will stand for this seat, if I can raise the £10,000 necessary to mount a serious campaign. Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
Of course, this is not really about Churchill at all. This is about McDonnell. For the first time since 1994, the economic debate is now open in Britain. And the people who are used to uncritical deference on economic policy hate it.
Well, they you had better get used to it, because, when not spewing abuse at McDonnell and at Jeremy Corbyn, even the Conservatives are going to be implementing as many of their policies as they can get away with.
Why, the Conservatives' watered down version of the energy cap, which they decried as Venezuelan and what have you when the underrated Ed Miliband proposed it, has turned out to be very good against inflation. Imagine how much better the full strength version would be.
No one hates this more than the Blairite rump within the Labour Party. Like the indistinguishable people who ran both of the governing parties during the Coalition, they had just assumed that it was going to be some Clintonian Thatcherism-without-Section-28 for ever, and ever, and ever.
Not that they are going to go away. But another hung Parliament is coming, and we need our people to hold the balance of power in it.
It has become a local commonplace that I am on 30-30-30 with Labour and the Conservatives here at North West Durham, so that any one of us could be the First Past the Post. I will stand for this seat, if I can raise the £10,000 necessary to mount a serious campaign. Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
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