Thank you for the kind preface, which I reciprocate! Don't you think that politics needs a balance between ends and means? The traditional parties seem to me to be preoccupied with day-to-day sw… (View Post)

The idea that changing leaders produces a radical change in attitudes by itself is wrong. It prompts a quick think about whether the change signifies a fundamental change, and those who think it mayb… (View Post)

The Greens have moved to the left, and downgraded the exclusive attention to environmental issues. So far, they've hung onto most of their rural middle-class environmentalist vote anyway, becaus… (View Post)

It's a view. But I've never felt that there was a huge gap between my youthful Eurocommunism and later acting as a largely loyal Labour MP. Both came from the same essentially idealistic st… (View Post)

Gosh - unexpected compliments are the best! Thank you - and I always read your comments with interest and often appreciation. Long may they continue! (View Post)