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Only the Corbynites can save Labour from electoral oblivion now

  • Posted on May 10, 2021
  • Polemics from Ogreville

Picking at the carcass of the local elections, one faction in British politics is on hand to guide the way for the Labour Party. As the results trickled in, with news Labour had lost Hartlepool for the first time since the seat was created in…

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Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson

Lit Columns

  • Posted on April 11, 2021April 11, 2021
  • Polemics from Ogreville

These columns were published on Lit during 2020. Labour & Tory Political Ill-health Left Us At COVID’s Mercy – November 20th, 2020 Trump’s Bizarre Convention Is The Natural End-Point Of Tory Culture Wars – August 31st, 2020 Conspiracy Corbyn Is Still Wasting Labour’s Time. When…

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Labour hustings: Corbyn was a disaster. Why won’t candidates say so?

  • Posted on March 18, 2021
  • Polemics from Ogreville

First published on January 20, 2020, on Medium Amid the good humour of Labour’s first leadership hustings in Liverpool on Saturday, an unwanted guest stalked the proceedings and threatened to ruin the party: At the back of the hall in the Arena and Convention Centre, apparently undetected…

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Iranian protesters opt for ‘escalation’ — Why won’t the Left support them?

  • Posted on March 18, 2021
  • Polemics from Ogreville

First published on January 15, 2020, on Medium Just as a lost pet is said to be able to find its way home, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn this weekend returned to where he belongs: In the street, shouting drivel to a crowd of the…

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Corbyn falls to earth: Epitaph on a crackpot

  • Posted on March 18, 2021
  • Polemics from Ogreville

First published on December 17, 2019, on Medium The British people have spoken, and it’s quite a verdict. Given the choice between Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour and a clown driving a bulldozer, they chose the clown. Whatever the believers say on Twitter or in their opinion columns,…

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Populists can promise the world when zealots have their backs

  • Posted on March 18, 2021March 18, 2021
  • Polemics from Ogreville

First published on November 25, 2019, on Medium “All the promises will be broken.” — Bruce Springsteen, Thunder Road Tis the season for national folly, as the electoral tradition of Labour and the Conservatives trying to bribe voters with their own money reaches new levels of…

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Johnson and Corbyn’s media courtiers dress up in rebel clothes

  • Posted on March 18, 2021March 18, 2021
  • Polemics from Ogreville

First published on October 21, 2019, on Medium It’s one of the great ironies of our time that the political actors who claim the mantle of popular revolt are the ones most openly at the service of power. This is perhaps to be expected of the…

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Johnson or Corbyn? What an insult! Don’t be bullied into ratifying this farce

  • Posted on March 18, 2021March 18, 2021
  • Polemics from Ogreville

First published on November 7, 2019, on Medium Election season is upon us, and the United Kingdom finds itself caught between a crank and a headcase. It’s hard to imagine a more insulting choice of candidates for Prime Minister. So why are people so intent…

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Panorama proved Labour’s anti-Semitism isn’t just bad for Jews

  • Posted on March 18, 2021
  • Polemics from Ogreville

First published on July 16, 2019, on Medium For the true believer, Wednesday’s Panorama into Labour anti-Semitism is unlikely to shake their conviction that the whole issue has been cooked up by Mr Corbyn’s enemies. The show’s main interest for the rest of us is its offering…

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When Labour defends racists and tyrants, how can it fight injustice?

  • Posted on February 22, 2019
  • Polemics from Ogreville

This article was originally published on politcs.co.uk on February 12th, 2019. The row over a ‘no-confidence’ vote on Luciana Berger last week was just the latest sordid episode in the Labour party’s identity crisis. What set this one apart was the context, with several Labour…

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