The Middle Aged Revolutionary

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V.I. Lenin, 1899

Tag: Politics

  • Film Review: ‘Am I Racist?’

    Film Review: ‘Am I Racist?’

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    September 2024 saw the limited cinematic release in the United States of the documentary ‘Am I Racist?’, the second film presented by conservative commentator Matt Walsh of Daily Wire. Walsh’s first film, ‘What is a Woman?’ tackled the testy issue of Gender Identity Ideology and its pernicious effects on children and young women. In ‘Am…

  • Labour and the NHS: Why More People are Turning to Private Healthcare

    Labour and the NHS: Why More People are Turning to Private Healthcare

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    I recently spoke at some length to a very good friend of mine who retired from our employer a little over six years ago. As always, we talked about work-related bits and bobs, caught up on things affecting the railway industry in general (including another lengthy closure on the line between Ryde Esplanade and Ryde…

  • Corbyn and the Folly of a ‘Broad Left’

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    The news that Jeremy Corbyn had been elected as Member of Parliament for Islington North was met with whoops of approval by the remaining disciples of Jeremy of Islington as their ‘rebel’ was returned to the backbenches of Westminster from whence he came. Opinion polls from just a week or so before the General Election…

  • ‘None of the Above’ Triumphs!

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    Labour sweeps to power on the weakest massive mandate in decades – while 40% of the electorate didn’t bother to vote So the dust has finally settled on one of the dreariest, dullest and most depressing General Election campaigns of our times. With a popular vote which is lower than that gained by Labour under…

  • Was Farage Right?

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    On 21st June, Nigel Farage, interviewed by BBC’s chief imperialist stooge Nick Robinson, reiterated his view, which he first aired in the European Parliament in 2014, that Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine was the result of provocation on the part of the west. Farage’s position, and his doubling down in the days following the…

  • The Death of Our High Streets

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    The Labour party, to add to its growing list of non-policies with which it believes it can tempt an unsuspecting electorate to vote for them, in April released a five-point plan to revitalise the ailing high street of Britain. Labour rather disingenuously blame the Tories for the decline in our high streets, which seems to…

  • In Praise of Yes Minister (and Yes, Prime Minister)

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    There are some things which age very well over time. Like a fine wine, a dry-aged steak or a particularly stinky Stilton, both Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister have not only withstood the test of time in terms of their relevance and their contemporary humour but have, in my view, become essential viewing for…

  • The Problem With Sharon Graham

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    Two years ago, I was a contributor on a podcast for the Workers Party of Britain on the issue of the trade unions and the Labour party. With me on the panel was Joti Brar, the then deputy leader of the Workers Party, Paul Embery, noted trade unionist and author of the book Despised: Why…

  • My Old Man’s a Tory

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    The British comedy series Steptoe and Son was first broadcast in 1962 and ran for twelve years. It was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, who first met in a sanatorium in Surrey, England when they were recovering from tuberculosis. Together, they became one of the most prolific, famous and successful comedy-writing duos that…