Corbyn and and the death of Marx?
(where did they all go?)
It`s not right-wing forebodings make me fear
But this eerie, rantless, sudden quiet on here.
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m.c.
Years ago, when I was a right wing member of the Liverpool Trades Council and Labour Party executive I was a delegate to the Lancashire branch with Eric Heffer and Eddie Loyden, Both to become M. Ps later. neither they nor most of the the other Labour M.P.s had a university education.
89% of the 2015 parliamentary intake are graduates.
Seems a bit top heavy for me.
I like all that left wing rhetoric because it seems a bit more (sorry about this folks) Christian than all that Tory stuff.
One old adage that never loses its meaning is: The road to
hell is paved with good intentions. This includes politics and crosses party lines. The inhabitants of Parliament
come from the general population and can be as varied as
Dennis Skinner & George Osborne. The worst trait found
is when party comes before country and political dogma
before people's welfare. These days, perhaps it is more
accurate to vary Lincoln's famous words by putting
"satisfy" in place of "fool" when addressing the question
of people - all or some of the time.
The original post from Harry reminded me of the lines in
numerous Western films of my youth: "I don't like it...it's
too quiet".
<Deleted User> (8659)
Mon 24th Aug 2015 11:20
It was your observation on the deadly silence that sent my pencil into the direction of '...And Along Came Jeremy' Harry.
I doubt very much if many of the folk who're throwing themselves behind Jeremy Corbyn have read Marx, nor even would they. But their reasons for supporting Jeremy Corbyn come from the same gut feeling that inspired Marx-looking around and seeing the injustices.
One other point: 'Corbyn' and 'Milliband' in the same paragraph????
Ledger
whoa, everybody,
What I was trying to say is: If the Corbyn style of socialism - even when used to give a left slant to middle-ground politics - now spells electoral death for the party. (which is what Millibands recent failure seems to prove) What becomes of all the old marxist-style rhetoric ?
I mean, `òne for all and all for one` always rang much truer than `every man for himself (and the divil take the hindermost)
What was worrying me was the deadly silence.
Sun 23rd Aug 2015 20:32
There are some realities too unpleasant for many Harry, especially those who labour under the illusion that Britain is a quirky but basically decent democracy where opinions are rationally debated and in that regard, respected.The anti-Corbyn hysteria is a lot like Goebbel's "Gleichschaltung" or "same message" in all media.Any threat to the rotten consensus of Westminster will be rabidly attacked by very unpleasant people.
@David Ignorance of dangerous purposeful options has, is and continues to be blissful. Tommy
rant...
Noted. There have usually been plenty of socialist
"Grouchos" with links to Marx.
?? I have no idea what has been posted here. Why is Corbyn linked to Marx? Why has a death been announced? What silence?
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M.C. Newberry
Mon 24th Aug 2015 13:17
Harry - I wasn't aware of the very high percentage of the
parliamentary graduates you mention. Certainly not in
the interest of a diverse background of humanity in the
seat of government (courtesy, of course, of the EU).