The ultra left were alway in favour of theoretical workers. Hunky men, stripped to the waist, ladling steel or scything crops. Or women in headscarves in a factory. Actual workers are problematic and… (View Post)

The Popular Progressive Democratic Marxist-Leninist People’s Revolutionary Front For The Liberation Of The Workers? (View Post)

Posting a bond to cover decommissioning costs? (View Post)

There was the case of a retiring government lawyer, who in her parting message, proudly announced that she had prevented any prosecutions for FGM. Sometimes you need a version of Mrs May announcing t… (View Post)

OT - in categorising authoritarian politicians, their attitude to internal dissent is a key marker. Under Thatcher, the Tory Wets thrived, and were regularly represented in the cabinet. Blair kicked … (View Post)